Yep, I bought a SOM for testing. It can run Linux, Android 4.4 and Windows 7 Embedded. Windows was pre-installed so I gave it a test-run and it looks and feels very 1990s. Hence my question.
There was a previous generation of products that used embedded Windows for the same reason: "The user already knows how to use it," plus there was the hope of being able to transfer Windows programming skills and tools to the embedded target.
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Yep, I bought a SOM for testing. It can run Linux, Android 4.4 and Windows 7 Embedded. Windows was pre-installed so I gave it a test-run and it looks and feels very 1990s. Hence my question.
There was a previous generation of products that used embedded Windows for the same reason: "The user already knows how to use it," plus there was the hope of being able to transfer Windows programming skills and tools to the embedded target.