With PowerPC, Windows CE and the WiiN-PAD slate, everyone\'s a WiiN-er (except Data General)

Telemedicine (and mobile health generally) accumulated a hunk of public mindshare during the pandemic emergency, but speaking as someone with a day job in public health for almost two decades, it\'s always been a buzzword in certain corners of IT with enough money sloshing around that vendors repeatedly flirted with it. Microsoft, of course, is no exception, and on at least one occasion in the late 1990s pitched Windows CE at this space. After all, WinCE was oriented at low-power portable devices perfect for medicine on the go, and like perennial predictions of \"the Linux desktop\" finally taking off, Microsoft\'s eager sales team was certain the day of the portable physician\'s device had come as well.