For the last 10+ years Microsoft has had a grip on the desktop operating system market but also in the embedded market with Windows CE. This is an area that Microsoft has had a very dominating control over for a long time but the winds of change are blowing. Since Google released Android for cell phones people are starting to see opportunities for it in other areas as well.

If even with all of the Windows 7 hype that is all over the Internet you have decided to look for alternative solutions make sure you at least take a look at Windows Embedded.