I agree it's ambiguous. I found the original quote in the referenced Wired article and it is indeed a quote, >Later on I ask Nadella the same question, and he

I agree it's ambiguous. I found the original quote in the referenced Wired article and it is indeed a quote, >Later on I ask Nadella the same question, and he zooms out even further. “The operating system is no longer the most important layer for us,” he says. “What is most important for us is the app model and the experience. How people are going to write apps for Duo and Neo will have a lot more to do with each other than just writing a Windows app or an Android app, because it’s going to be about the Microsoft graph.” https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-surface-duo-neo-phone/ https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-surface-duo-neo-phone/