I used to work at Microsoft and can say that acknowledging the existence of Android was for a long time absolutely verboten, even at the VP level. I believe thi

I used to work at Microsoft and can say that acknowledging the existence of Android was for a long time absolutely verboten, even at the VP level. I believe this was abandoned when Android passed 50% market share or so. Google's monetization strategy terrifies Microsoft more than Apple- Microsoft understands Apple's business model.