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# What's the Deal With on{X} ?

> M$cro$fot has made a big move! is it a realisation that open source (rather free) software/platform is the way to go or it.

**M$cro$fot has made a big move!** is it a realisation that open source (rather free) software/platform is the way to go or it is some more microsofty?

/me tired to read between the code and has tired to crack the mystery behind on{x}

**On{x} is a M$ online platform for automating android smart phones! Yes I said ANDROID**

**Few questions and thoughts/concerns that popped in my mind:**

  * Why android?

  * From M$!

  * Looks good!

  * It works!

  * Why facebook is needed for logging in?

  * So why are doing this?

  * When might have they started?

  * What next?

**Ok, instead of answering them on after the other, as if I know the (wo)man behind the idea, I shall try to summarize the probability**

Most of us are aware that **Iphone** cult is one area where any phone developer would like to beat, rather it's a fast growing (even though had a fall in the share market lately) **Android** is what all are behind, as it has to potential to beat the beast. [ BTW did did not work on HTC wildfire, don't know on what others it wont work ]

Microsoft having backed up with their OS share in the market, have terribly failed in the mobile world, and people say something is up with windows-8 (which i'm least bothered) anyways Microsoft also seems to know that they will not survive long with their windows stuff (as they will use GNU/Linux On Azure), so have plunged into the mobile world and the traget being Android.

So, how does all these fit into a great move? Lately Samsung funded the GNU/Linux world with 500 million dollars to improve android ( did they by the core team? Hmm not so easy ;) ) on the other hand Google bought ( and killed?) Motorola, but before all these happened Nokia became MS+Nokia.

As the deal was done with MS+Nokia, /me feels this ON{x} thinge must have started to take shape, many people had the same plans of doing this by some how microsoft has seemed to pull it!

**But why?!** hmm lets take a educated guess, GNU/Linux and Android are the best examples of how free and open source software can result in a great revolution, what might happen next with on{x} free contributions to Android devices can later get converted to M$ phone or OS with the same license, migration of developers to this platform would take place, but one wrong move here seems to be with **FB only** where most of them are fed up with **FB** being their identity!

**Now, why FB?** Facebook and Microsoft expanding strategic alliance is already a old news! One more probability is M$ converting the public scripts to FB app(s) the clue here is the On{x} apps are all built with javascript!

**Ok enough of rants, will update if my mind tells me something crazier is gona happen!**

**P.S : These are just thoughts of a mad man! (me)**

Extras : Do read their [Privacy Policies.](http://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/default.mspx)

**Update 0 :** They have come up with their own market place!