Microsoft invites amateur developers

Microsoft is trying to promote more interest in embedded software. It is encouraging amateur developers to experiment with programmable components in various devices starting from toasters to televisions. The “Spark Your Imagination” developer programme for amateur as well as academics was announced at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, California. In a joint agreement between Microsoft and hardware makers, the company said that it is interested in enhancing popularity of non-commercial software developments around Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 and Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition.

Frank Prengel, a Microsoft Windows Embedded developer evangelist, said that they were aiming to remove the barriers that amateur as well as academics have faced in the past. It intends to permit them to use the best software and hardware. They can be developed into smart, connected and service-oriented devices like home-control systems that gather and share data between sensors, home appliances and media devices.

Under the banner of its Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance, Microsoft is known to provide some software for students in the embedded technology and design fields. With the help of the new programme, it intends to include additional offerings that will include a full version of Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 and Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition.

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