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Re: Article: "Raspberry Pi and Windows 10 IoT Core: A Huge Letdown"

From ray carter <ray@zianet.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject Re: Article: "Raspberry Pi and Windows 10 IoT Core: A Huge Letdown"
Date 2015-08-15 15:09 +0000
Message-ID <d3931mFk0ffU7@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 11:43:29 +0100, Dave Farrance wrote:

> "Raspberry Pi and Windows 10 IoT Core: A Huge Letdown"
> 
> http://hackaday.com/2015/08/13/raspberry-pi-and-windows-10-iot-core-a-
huge-letdown/
> 
> Hmmm. Basically the article says that it is indeed Windows 10 IoT Core,
> which does what Win10IoTcore is supposed to do, and is a platform for
> running applications.
> 
> Still, the author has a point. When Microsoft first announced "Windows
> 10" for the Pi2, several technical news sites tried vainly to contact
> Microsoft for more details, and most initially guessed that it would be
> like Windows RT, which we now know it isn't.
> 
> As the article says, Win10IoTcore is suited for embedded system vendors
> replacing WinCE systems, and is of less interest to hobbyists.

Indeed. According to MS's release notes, there is about as much that does 
not work as there is that does.

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Article: "Raspberry Pi and Windows 10 IoT Core: A Huge Letdown" Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance@OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> - 2015-08-15 11:43 +0100
  Re: Article: "Raspberry Pi and Windows 10 IoT Core: A Huge Letdown" ray carter <ray@zianet.com> - 2015-08-15 15:09 +0000
    Re: Article: "Raspberry Pi and Windows 10 IoT Core: A Huge Letdown" Jim Diamond <Jim.Diamond@deletethis.AcadiaU.ca> - 2015-08-17 07:39 -0300
  Re: Article: "Raspberry Pi and Windows 10 IoT Core: A Huge Letdown" Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-08-15 16:18 +0100

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