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Point one is that "apps" are a new fangled term for the type of program used by shims over Operating Systems. Point two is that an Operating System is supposed

Point one is that "apps" are a new fangled term for the type of program used by shims over Operating Systems. Point two is that an Operating System is supposed to operate a system, with or without users. Embedded systems frequently operate without any user input. Win10 has an IoT version (for some reason), so I assume _some_ people find a use case for it. In summation I cordially disagree with your assertion, with provided reasons.

skissane 6y ago
> Win10 has an IoT version (for some reason), so I assume _some_ people find a use case for it. A lot of industrial equipment has embedded control computers running Windows CE. Prior to Windows CE, DOS and Windows 3.x were also popular choices. Go back 20-30 years ago, Linux was much newer and so you can understand why a lot of vendors felt more comfortable with Microsoft's solution. Now Linux is more mature and a more viable option, but many vendors are used to Microsoft-based development and are happy to stick with it. Microsoft is phasing out Windows CE, but Windows IOT is the simplest migration path for those vendors. Porting software from CE to mainstream Windows is generally straightforward, since the CE APIs are largely a subset of the mainstream Windows APIs; a lot simpler than porting to a completely different platform like Linux. (Windows 10 IOT comes in two versions – Core, which is a stripped down Windows 10 with various components removed; Enterprise, which is basically the same as Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC, but with a different licensing model.)