Updated: July 13, 2020 (April 28, 2003)

Embedded OS Roadmap at a Glance

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This chart provides a summary roadmap for the key Windows Embedded products: Windows CE .NET and Windows Embedded.

	Windows CE	Windows Embedded	Server Appliance Kit
Current Version	Windows CE .NET 4.1	Windows XP Embedded	Windows 2000 with the Server Appliance Kit
Availability Date	July 2002	Nov. 2001	May 2001
Key Features	IPv6 Speech API (SAPI) 5.0 .NET Compact Framework (Beta)	Features of Windows XP Professional (Retail)	Features of Windows 2000 Server (or Advanced Server) Retail
Included Tools	Platform Builder	Embedded Studio (Target and Component Designer)	Web Interface (for remote management) Framework for Local UI (LCD or LED)
Development Tools and Environment	Visual Studio .NET Compact Framework eMbedded Visual C++ eMbedded Visual Basic	Visual Studio .NET Framework	Visual Studio
Competition	Palm OS Wind River Linux Symbian OS	Linux

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