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 Good detective work
Now, get back to real work! 
TTFN - Kent
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Microsoft's coming end of support for Windows Embedded is forcing the industry to look elsewhere Is it still a "bastion" if you stop work on it?
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Quote: The industry coalesced around Windows Embedded CE version 6, which debuted in 2006 and represents 99 percent of all embedded devices' operating system, says Mark Kirstein, senior director of enterprise software at Zebra, the company that makes most of those specialty devices.
I find that incredibly hard impossible to believe. In a small number of markets that may be true, but "99% of all embedded devices" seems a ridiculous claim.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Windows Embedded is running on a lot of older devices, like ATM machines, in the industry (roboters) or cash register in markets.
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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The State Administration for Industry and Commerce released a statement Tuesday that it would open a new investigation into the Redmond-based company related to electronic data the Chinese government had collected earlier. Sorry, I have to take the rest of the day off. That headline broke my brain.
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When asked if he’s bitter for receiving no compensation for creating Solitaire for Windows, Wes Cherry once quipped, “Yeah, especially since you are all probably paid to play it!” "Never was so much owed by so many to so few" (OK, to one)
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Wes Cherry actually responded in one of the forums. He wrote the game for Windows 2.1 in his free time when interning at Microsoft in 1988. Graphics was done by direct pixel math against the EGA buffer. He wrote it in C as there wasn't a good C++ compiler available yet for Windows.
A PM saw the game and decided to officially make it part of Windows 3.0. He knew he would not be paid for it and he was fine with it, then as well as now.
Wes is now the owner of a hard cider company on Vashon Island (near Seattle). He says he rarely codes these days, but when he does it's C/C++ for embedded controllers for cider making hardware.
Thought you'd be interested in this trivia, Kent 
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I am - thank you!
Now... I need to plan a trip over to Vashon Island 
TTFN - Kent
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Slide continues as the once-dominant browser slips to 48.6%, with Google's Chrome poised to take the No. 1 spot in October Everyone has moved to Edge?
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Not us! We're a new age DevOps shop and find that Internet Explorer works best with our product. Internet Explorer is the only web browser that displays our software and WebBot components correctly and allows us to unite an agile processs of development and instantaneous software deployments with FrontPage and FrontPage Server Extensions.
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You had me up to the end there. Well done. 
TTFN - Kent
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Your website is heavily connected to Microsoft standards and technologies. Consider updating to HTML5 or javascript.
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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I was just making a sarcastic and nostalgic joke about Internet Explorer, because Kent Sharkey posts some good articles and sometimes adds some funny comments. 
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Everyone has moved to Edge?
The problem with Edge is that is cuts. 
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Four new elements complete the seventh row of the periodic table Can I borrow a cup of ununseptium?
Isn't that a double negative? So it's like septium?
modified 4-Jan-16 22:36pm.
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It's spreads like septium, but it tastes like ununseptium!
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The various privacy concerns surrounding Windows 10 have received a lot of coverage in the media, but it seems that there are ever more secrets coming to light. As long as they're not timing my Freecell games, I'm fine.
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MS is in Big Brother mode.
Would be fun to flood with fake data.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Because they're going to a Window that comes with a warranty so they don't have people dragging on, like they did with XP. Once the warranty period has expired you're on your own.
I started a small engine repair shop with my father-in-law and his warranty was 3 sec. or 3 ft. whichever comes first.
New version: WinHeist Version They all laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at them because they're all the same. Kurt Cobain
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I’ve been reading some of the commentary on my post about 64-bit Visual Studio which is really about 64-bit vs. 32-bit generally using Visual Studio as an example and I have to say that for the most part, I’m pretty disappointed with the arguments being put forth in favor of 64-bits. YAGNI
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I look forward to 1024-bit registers and buswidths.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: I look forward to 1024-bit registers and buswidths.
It will be interesting to see how long it takes to do a 1024 bits integer division. Should be the longest instruction then.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Yes, but still faster than trying to do it with a biginteger class.
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2015 was the year Linux and open-source software took over the IT world, but many open-source and proprietary software fans still haven't figured it out. Did I miss The Year Of Linux?
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