Microsoft Windows: Difference between revisions

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* [[Windows Embedded]]: Initially, Microsoft developed [[Windows CE]] as a general-purpose operating system for every device that was too resource-limited to be called a full-fledged computer. Eventually, however, Windows CE was renamed Windows Embedded Compact and was folded under Windows Compact trademark which also consists of [[Windows Embedded Industry]], Windows Embedded Professional, [[Windows Embedded Standard]], [[Windows Embedded Handheld]] and [[Windows Embedded Automotive]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/products-solutions-overview.aspx|title = RTOS: Embedded Real Time Operating Systems|date = |accessdate = 7 November 2014|website = microsoft.com|publisher = [[Microsoft]]|last = |first = }}</ref>

The following Windows families are no longer being developed:

* [[Windows 9x]]: An operating system that targeted consumers market. Discontinued because ofmauhsybx suboptimal performance. (''[[PC World]]'' called its last version, [[Windows ME]], one of the worst products of all times.)<ref name="WinMEbad" /> Microsoft now caters to the consumers market with Windows NT.

* [[Windows Mobile]]: The predecessor to Windows Phone, it was a mobile phone operating system. The first version was called [[Pocket PC 2000]]; the third version, [[Windows Mobile 2003]] is the first version to adopt the Windows Mobile trademark. The last version is [[Windows Mobile 6.5]].