Comment by bitwize

Microsoft needs to cut the crap and really streamline the process for developers. If its developer onramp were as easy and painless as, say, Android's, the floodgates would be wide open because it could use the installed base of Windows developers and the superiority of Visual Studio as a dev environment to its advantage. If it does that it has a chance at second place. But as of now it won't climb past a distant third.