Microsoft Crossover

Microsoft Crossover is a cancelled Windows version by Microsoft in partnership with Google. It intended to bring full compatibility with Android apps to Windows.
==History==
Around the year 2009, Microsoft, right after releasing Windows 7, began working on a new version of Windows. Their goal was to make an OS that could be used on both tablets and desktop computers. They first looked at Android for inspiration, and approached Google to develop a prototype for a Windows/Android hybrid.
Initially, the prototype worked quite nicely with Andorid apps, with virtually none showing difficulties running. It's unknown why the project was scrapped. The most popular theory is that Google didn't want Android apps on Microsoft's App Store, which was being worked on at the time, and instead wanted the OS to ship with the Google Play Store.
While Microsoft Crossover never left development, the main idea (an OS that could be used on both tablets and desktop computers) was reworked into Windows 8.
ISO files of Microsoft Crossover began appearing on the internet the 5th of December 2016.
==Gallery==
Captura de pantalla (14).png|Boot screen
Captura de pantalla (12).png|The desktop
Captura de pantalla (13).png|Running an Android app
Captura de pantalla (16).png|Tablet Mode/Start Menu
Captura de pantalla (17).png|Internet Explorer on Tablet Mode (Bing)
Captura de pantalla (18).png|Internet Explorer on Tablet Mode (Google)
MicrosoftCrossoverWallpaper.png|The default wallpaper
==Trivia==
* Android apps on the desktop have a small Android icon at the bottom right corner of the logo.
* There is a Recycle Bin icon on the taskbar.
** However, there's not a clock or notification icons.
* Gadgets are oddly absent, but downloading an Android gadget displays it on the desktop.
* Some filenames from system files suggest that, had Microsoft Crossover been released, it would've been called either Windows Evo or Windows 2010.
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