arstechnica,
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Windows CE, Microsoft’s stunted middle child, reaches end of support at 26 years

From netbooks and PDAs to ATMs, voting kiosks, and ungainly presidential phones.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/windows-ce-microsofts-stunted-middle-child-reaches-end-of-support-at-26-years/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

mostly_linux,

@arstechnica The Sega Dreamcast utilized Microsoft's Windows CE as an optional OS in the late '90s. This move aimed to entice developers with a familiar platform for porting PC games. Though not all Dreamcast games used Windows CE, its presence highlighted the system's adaptability, especially when paired with its built-in modem for online play.

VickForcella,
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@arstechnica Loved it.

realcainmosni,
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@arstechnica WinCE was appropriately named. Did we ever.

mesirii,

@arstechnica good riddance. Programming for CE was such a pain (compact framework) and the devices and apps were always painful for users.

noplasticshower,
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@arstechnica ha ha ha

scruss,
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@arstechnica The Presto transit card system used in many cities in Ontario uses Windows CE

satchmo35,
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@arstechnica just need Tommy, Henry, and Jimmy to bury that puppy...

freevolt24,
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@arstechnica didn't even know that thing still exists until now.

thatmanmatt,
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@traecer I had a Motorola MPx200 running Windows Mobile. That was, uh, not a great experience.

tempo,

@arstechnica How will my Dreamcast copy of Sega Rally 2 get urgent security updates now?

traecer,
@traecer@techhub.social avatar

@arstechnica ding-dong, the wicked WinCE is dead!

chetwisniewski,
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@arstechnica It really delivered exactly what it promised... WinCE

gerbrand,
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@arstechnica Small detail: "In 2016, at the height of the US presidential election, it was revealed that a fantastically complex, $4,750 Windows CE phone was the only real option for the National Security Agency's preferred secure White House phone in 2009. Then-Secretary-of-State Hillary Clinton did not or could not use that, so she used her own BlackBerry and email server, and we have been hearing about it ever since."

birdpoof,

@arstechnica

ATMs and voting kiosks 😱

Ductos,
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@arstechnica So, THIS was getting support until now, but Windows 10 only gets less than two more years?

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