It's a pity. From a technological standpoint the new Windows Phone stuff is actually pretty appealing. Programming in a nice modern language like C# for a new,

It's a pity. From a technological standpoint the new Windows Phone stuff is actually pretty appealing. Programming in a nice modern language like C# for a new, clean UI paradigm sounds like fun. And working in a less saturated market has its upsides too of course. But I won't touch anything from MS with a barge pole because they've shown time and time again that they have the ethics of a back-alley pimp. Have no doubt that they're behind this.