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View Full Version : Developing For Pocket PC Not Small Enough? Microsoft Releases .NET Micro Framework


Jon Westfall
09-28-2006, 11:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/sep06/09-26MicroFrameworkDKPR.mspx' target='_blank'>http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/...meworkDKPR.mspx</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Microsoft Corp. today released a beta developer kit for the Microsoft® .NET Micro Framework, a new development platform for use with devices that are typically constrained by cost, memory, processor and/or power consumption. Announced at the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston, the .NET Micro Framework broad beta extends the advantages of .NET and the Visual Studio® toolset into a class of the smallest of devices.“The .NET Micro Framework is a natural extension of Microsoft’s embedded offerings and provides a compelling, easy-to-use solution for developers,” said Colin Miller, director of the .NET Micro Framework at Microsoft. “We have utilized this platform with several projects at Microsoft and are excited to provide this kit to developers so they can use Microsoft tools to extend their skills to a set of smaller devices.”"</i><br /><br />If you're interested in starting up development for embedded devices, Microsoft has released a beta of the .NET Micro Framework, which enables developers to now target these devices. Happy Micro coding!