Microsoft delivers test build of Windows 7-based 'Quebec' Embedded OS
Microsoft made available for download on September 1 a public test build of the embedded version of its Windows 7 platform — known officially as Windows Embedded Standard 2011 and codenamed “Quebec.”
Windows Embedded Standard is targeted at OEMs and specialized device makers who want to build platforms and applications that use various Windows components. In other words, it is the componentized version of Windows 7.
Its sister product, Windows Embedded Compact, formerly known as Windows CE, is the core Windows-based embedded platform used by makers of smaller devices and phones, including Microsoft’s own Windows Mobile and Zune groups. The next slated version of Windows Embedded Compact is codenamed “Chelan,” and is slated to ship in late 2010. (An interim version of the Embedded Compact platform, codenamed “Cashmere,” may or may not still be on the drawing board.)
