Assuming that it's dead easy to merge two operating systems, and assuming that two wrongs on this occasion DO make a right, I'd still worry that it'd be pretty

Assuming that it's dead easy to merge two operating systems, and assuming that two wrongs on this occasion DO make a right, I'd still worry that it'd be pretty far behind Android/iOS/WP7. In all reality they'll be competing with WP8, iOS6, and whatever the hell batshit name the next Android release has. Could it compete? In theory, yes. Assuming that you hire the same theorist you hired earlier who merges operating systems without a problem.