Microsoft's been doing this for a long time, with Windows Embedded and WinCE (yet another example of Microsoft's *truly excellent* sense of what would make a good name for a product; have I mentioned Teredo to you yet?)--the Xboxes and smartphones and various handheld devices all run an adapted subset of the Windows API, and theoretically at least could share applications, provided the application were designed with sharing between devices in mind.
I was working (very tangentially, it must be admitted) with Windows Embedded as far back as '94 and NT 3.5/3.51.
It will be interesting to see if Apple can get it right, with true cross-platform apps and actually compelling devices, an accomplishment that has so far eluded Microsoft.
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Date: 2007-01-10 10:43 pm (UTC)I was working (very tangentially, it must be admitted) with Windows Embedded as far back as '94 and NT 3.5/3.51.
It will be interesting to see if Apple can get it right, with true cross-platform apps and actually compelling devices, an accomplishment that has so far eluded Microsoft.