Before Windows Embedded was a viable thing we built a product around Phar Lap ETS, which was their embedded RTOS with a Win32-compatbile API. It was great. A

Before Windows Embedded was a viable thing we built a product around Phar Lap ETS, which was their embedded RTOS with a Win32-compatbile API. It was great. A productive, civilized development experience compared to many embedded environments back in those days.