Hey guys and gals
Recently my cousin bought a digital picture frame with WinCE 5.0. As a CE veteran
(yep, I've been working with it longer than you may think
) I noticed this by the lil sticker on the back. After I told him, he returned it. Not kidding. He returned his brand new, perfectly working DPF, just because it runs on WinCE.
I asked him why, and he told me he didn't want Microsoft seeing all his pictures
(which is rediculous, as the frame didn't even have a network interface.
).
Another example: People ranting about what a bad decision it was to get a CE sat nav, and that they would've much rather bought a Garmin or a TomTom, which both run on Linux. Why do people do that? I mean, some people do it because they assume WinCE is a stoneage, closed source OS, which is both false
(MS shares its source code with developers
).
And then again, the Linux versions used on Garmins and TomToms are highly proprietry.
And then again, there's the people who refer Windows CE as Windows Crap Edition. God I'm SO fed up about that "joke".
Whenever somebody starts talking about WinCE, after about two mins at least one person has made it.
Next case: A model of set top box
(I'm typing on it right now
) runs Windows CE 5.0. As usual, when it boots, it launches an OEM interface. I was able to get past this by editing a firmware upgrade file. So, now this STB serves as my multimedia PC!
Back on track: This set top box has two USB ports, which can only be used to flash a new firmware onto the system. However, billions of user are rediculously infuriated that they can't record TV onto it. On a german forum a proper rant thread has been opened about this STB. Everybody seems to assume that Windows CE is based on Windows 95
(which makes most of us on this forum cringe
) and doesn't support USB, which is false!
What do you think why very many people hate Windows CE?
(Let's put the kids aside who try running minecraft on it. . .
)
I''d be very glad to hear your opinions!