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#59281 Windows on Devices? When?

Posted by sfx on 17 July 2014 - 01:09 PM in General Discussion

Does anyone understand why a device would boot windows then provide an exact emulation of an arduino (using wiring as the language and NO ui?).

Provide an emulation for a heretofore foreign experience on Windows? Yes. Microsoft has done this before (much to the chagrin of some of its developer community). Recall that Microsoft unleashed JavaScript - a foreign language - into WinRT development with the sole ambition of luring a broader cross-section of developers into their fold. Microsoft must think there is enormous money in the IoT, and it appears they want to cast their net as wide as possible.

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