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RE: Would prefer Android
By TakinYourPoints on 2/21/2012 11:21:25 PM , Rating: 2
Two issues with that. One is that Microsoft is currently into iOS development over all other mobile platforms (even their own at the moment). The other is that 55 million iPads have been sold and will likely cross over 100 million this year, compared to <1 million Android tablets sold total.

Microsoft goes where the money is. It is the same reason why they make Office for Mac, percentagewise it has an even higher attach rate on OS X than it does on Windows. Microsoft will easily cross over a half billion in sales on iPad in the first few weeks alone (say 20 million units sold at $20-$30 for the suite).

The market for Android tablets isn't large, and at the rate they are selling I think that Windows 8 tablet sales will stomp them out in a matter of months. From Microsoft's standpoint it makes sense to continue developing for iOS while also releasing the Metro version of Office for Windows 8 tablets.

tldr - It comes down to money. :/

