I believe any software for critical systems has to be
evaluated from top to bottom. Boeing does it for their
embedded software. Does Win CE have such an open view
to their OS src code?

john

--- Xiaofan Chen <xiaofanc@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 4/7/06, Josh Koffman <joshybear@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 4/7/06, Bob Axtell <engineer@cotse.net> wrote:
> > > Yes, there is an embedded form of Windows that
> trims out most of the
> > > untested fluff. I
> > > forget what it is called now... and I really
> don't care..
> >
> > Well, there is EmbeddedXP. Though as one of the
> companies I consulted
> > found out, there are issues when you try to run a
> full user system on
> > it. They had a product that was based on regular
> XP, then decided to
> > move it to EmbeddedXP. The problem? Embedded
> doesn't have most of the
> > drivers...so when the users tried to plug in their
> printers...uh oh.
> >
> > Josh
> 
> Today I saw quite some interesting boards (used in
> industry automation
> systems: IO module for PLCs) running ARM 9 MCU and
> Windows CE. They
> are from a respectable US company and I guess
> Windows CE is good
> enough for mission critical applications.
> 
> Regards,
> Xiaofan
> 
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