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Microsoft thought the way you do for years after the iPhone came out. They thought they’d be fine competing using CE based systems. They completely underestimat
by simonh 3y ago
Microsoft thought the way you do for years after the iPhone came out. They thought they’d be fine competing using CE based systems. They completely underestimated the advantages a modern, secure, pre-emptive multitasking OS with proper process isolation, fine grained multi threading, and all the other features you get that a workstation class Unix OS bring to the table. That 8MB footprint sound great, until you consider all the things you’re giving up in order to hit that target.
- com2kid 3y agoCE6 and 7 had all of those. From CE6 onwards, CE was a fully modern OS. Not only that, it was a brand new OS written from the ground up that was designed to be modular and battery efficient. Sadly it never got a chance to shine, as internal politics killed it.
- Aleklart 3y agoThey would push Windows 8 AOL UI, mandatory NET mobile and usual API hell along with Store on it and CE would end similarly. At least it died without shame.
- colordrops 3y agoThe UI was a joke though, and that's arguably one of the most important elements of a mobile OS.