Why doesn't Microsoft just fork Android like Amazon did, give it a Metro interface (it could look exactly the same as WP does today)? I can't think of any reason for them not to do this now...
IF they just stuck metro on android, they'd just be a UI skin.
Besides the fact that it would be a total rewrite?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/30/us-cellphones-euro...
How is rapid growth and significant marketshare 'irrelevant'?
Even if other vendors put Windows Phone on the back burner, Nokia phones are the most popular by far (according to most surveys 80% of the Windows Phones sold are Nokia phones). If they continue Nokia's tradition of good hardware at low prices, that can drive sales, while the ecosystem grows.
Also, it's not as if HTC is making big profits with Android. They'll probably want to spread their bets.
Apple Mac were doing well when they decided to dual boot with Windows. It is just a fact that Android is dominating so giving an option to boot to the dominating OS would let them to increase the installed base.
>"how does MS kool aid taste ?" I am not the OC but why you have to be that rude?
>"Windows Phones are a disaster, that cost Ballmer his job." I use the three OSs and WP8 is by far my favourite, it is very hard for me to see that as a disaster.
The insufferable propaganda that would ensue, plus a lot of Windows customers making an inconvenient conclusion.