My first reaction: I feel pain for the old Microsoft Reader team, and Bill Hill, who pioneered a bunch of e-reading stuff and were shut down last year. Sucks be

My first reaction: I feel pain for the old Microsoft Reader team, and Bill Hill, who pioneered a bunch of e-reading stuff and were shut down last year. Sucks being a victim of Microsoft's not trusting its visionaries. My second reaction: Microsoft just paid B&N $300M to ensure that Android continues to fragment. B&N now has the resources to really take Android forward in whatever direction it wants.