Have you ever used Stackoverflow.com ? Congrats, you just used IIS/Exchange/Windows. Oh and it scales really well and is used by a lot of popular web sites.

http://highscalability.com/blog/2009/8/5/stack-overflow-architecture.html

It's funny the way you characterize the removal at Google despite knowing nothing about what exactly happened internally. If this was Microsoft, Slashdot would immediately jump to the worst possible conclusion.

So why was it pulled then? Just because Google wanted it to be gone? Or maybe because CM was trying to get shipped on devices?

Cyanogen Mod Goes Commercial To Make "Available On Everything, To Everyone"
http://slashdot.org/story/13/09/18/1626237/cyanogen-mod-goes-commercial-to-make-available-on-everything-to-everyone

It's ironic that you're posting this on the Internet which was invented by government funding.

Private research is all about low risk and expected short term profit. To do big things like the space program etc. you need a big push while taking big risks of failure.

Citation needed.
Microsoft doesn't use the text of the email, they use the subject.

Will it have the Play store and all the Google Apps?

I am guessing no because Google once send a C&D to Cyanogen Mod.

http://lifehacker.com/5367693/google-sends-cease-and-desist-to-cyanogenmod-android-hacker

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/

You just described Windows RT.

Which is why the biased headline, summary and article are nonsense. This is not even going to make a dent in Office, forget about "attacking" it.

Oh, what do you do on it? Can you draw like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puyMmARTqck

Oh wait, it even has shitty lag. http://www.geek.com/android/the-nexus-7-lag-dilemma-and-why-theres-no-real-fix-1560784/

Enjoy your lagfest.

I don't get all the nonsense hate. Comparing a Nexus 7 to a Surface Pro is like comparing a lawn mower with a jet engine. Of course it going to burn more fuel because it can do more. .

You must be a stupid MS hater because you can't understand this. http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph7478/59454.png
Not to mention that fact that the comparison is against ARM tablets running crippled OSes like iOS and Android whose headline application is Angry Birds, and not things like Visual Studio or Photoshop.

Some day you'll realize that people have different tastes and experiences.

So where is the "attack" in the headline coming from, then? If anything Google just made Office on laptops and desktops more attractive by shipping a viewer for them by default on Android.

Netcraft measures only usage, not profit. Microsoft is leading in profit even the competition is free.

Those patents are a complete failure. There is nothing to watch out. Motorola even got sanctioned for patent trolling.

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/09/06/apple-google-motorola-patent-troll/

Motorola continues to lose billions.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/markrogowsky/2013/04/30/motorola-googles-12-billion-road-to-nowhere/

http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/21/4853808/google-motorola-losses-moto-x