CRN: Thin Clients Target Embedded NT 4.0

"Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash., will offer Windows NT 4.0 in an embedded version for thin-client vendors, company executives said recently."

"Microsoft divided the Windows-based thin-client market into two standard families. The Windows-Based Terminal (WBT) standard, based on Windows CE, currently is being used by thin-client vendors. WBT Professional will be based on Windows NT Embedded 4.0 when it becomes commercially available early next year..."

"Embedded NT 4.0 includes an Internet browser, a key competitive advantage for users over Windows CE. "If Microsoft doesn't offer a browser, customers would have to go to something like Linux and another browser," Blatnik said."

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