If you are not familiar with the Android community, one of the most popular modifications to install on your device is a build of the OS by Cyanogen. The custom software is far from a novelty as the team behind the OS has raised millions of dollars and it now ships natively on the OnePlus One smartphone. Seeing that the Android modification is getting popular, and that Android itself owns the largest slice of the market share pie, Cyanogen is attracting attention from big name companies, such as Microsoft. According to The Information, they are saying that the team has recently met with Microsoft's CEO, Satya Nadella.

What if they were in talks with Cyanogen to distribute ROMs of Windows Phone that would run on non-Windows Phone models, like say a Nexus or Galaxy S 5? That would be the best way to go about it. Microsoft has already done the hard work-- their kernel runs just fine on most all of the CPUs used by all these Android phones. All they would need to develop are additional drivers to fill any gaps with device support, gyroscopes, wifi, etc. They would then have not only the services, but also the app market as well. Just a thought.....