A
well-connected but regularly erroneous publication is reporting that Microsoft
is developing Windows Blue as a project that will merge desktop Windows with
Windows Phone.So far, so good: Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 already share
lots of bits and pieces. The kernel is the same across both platforms, big
chunks of code like Direct3D and .NET are identical, and there are some pieces
of the new WinRT API also common to both. There's also been a leaked, new Windows build that adds onto Windows 8 but
makes multitasking more versatile, and makes the touch-first, Metro environment
more expansive.
