Microsoft to invest in Cyanogen

Re:Microsoft to invest in Cyanogen by debacle on Thursday January 29, 2015 @03:41PM (#8968698)

This is a very minor investment, and won't give MS any sort of controlling stake. It's very likely that they want to use this to keep a better feel for the pulse of the direction the Android ecosystem is going in than any sort of power play or to adapt technologies.

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Re:Microsoft to invest in Cyanogen by higherpurpose on Thursday January 29, 2015 @03:49PM (#8968745)

If we won't see Microsoft apps and services start popping up in Cyanogen 6 months from now, then I'd agree with you, but I think that's exactly what's going to happen.

Microsoft may not get a "controlling stake", but it will probably have a huge influence in the development of Cyanogen from now on.

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Re:Microsoft to invest in Cyanogen by grrowl on Thursday January 29, 2015 @05:21PM (#8969259)

Microsoft already publishes heaps of android apps[1], but there's no way Cyanogen would drop Google apps (leaving ASOP) to pre-install a suite of unrelated, relatively useless apps (drop Maps, gain Office Suite?)

[1] :https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Microsoft+Co...

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Re:Microsoft to invest in Cyanogen by lmm on Thursday January 29, 2015 @06:08PM (#8969484)

Bing Maps was very good the last time I used it.

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Re:Microsoft to invest in Cyanogen by tmzt on Thursday January 29, 2015 @06:01PM (#8969459)

And Nokia Here, presumably.

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Re:Microsoft to invest in Cyanogen by sirkneeland on Thursday January 29, 2015 @06:21PM (#8969531)

I think the whole Cyanogen thing is that they make these services optional. If this means Cortana can be an optional service in CM (and not to the exclusion of others), I see zero downside.

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Re:Microsoft to invest in Cyanogen by emodendroket on Thursday January 29, 2015 @04:48PM (#8969077)

Why would they?

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