And Microsoft has a major spell to make it work: make the operating system easier to use.
"Core being the key word here," wrote the site FastCompany, Tuesday, August 18, 2015. Windows IOT Core can work on a variety of gadgets.
This is because the operating system has the same core. Microsoft made a mistake in the age of 90 with OS Windows Embedded because it makes it too easy to be tampered with.
"Windows Embedded is too easily customized by gadget makers," said Tony Goodhew, a program manager in Microsoft IOT Team.
At that time, the gadget maker can reduce or add features in the Windows Embedded operating systems with ease.
This makes the operating system was too specific and different for different circuit board.
Consequently, the application must be customized for each different gadgets. According to Goodhew, a similar strategy used Linux.
"We do not take this way again," Goodhew said. This makes, an application developer can create an application that functions similar to a desktop computer or a mobile phone.
Microsoft also cover how Google on Android with Windows 10 IOT Cores distributed free of charge.
It has also been applied to Windows Mobile that can be used free of charge for various mobile phones and tablets over the last year.
