Microsoft has managed to close a partnership agreement with Cyanogen OS. Cyanogen Inc., according to the partnership agreement with Microsoft, is going to promote devices with the Cyanogen OS operating system that will have Microsoft services pre-installed.
So in the near future it is very likely that we will see services such as Bing, Outlook, Skype, OneDrive, and Microsoft Office come pre-installed on Cyanogen Inc.'s operating system.
The agreement between the two companies only concerns the Cyanogen OS operating system, so the community that uses the open CyanogenMod will continue to not see Microsoft's "hated" applications.
However, fans of the open source firmware CyanogenMod are quite unhappy with the agreement of an open source company with Microsoft. Despite Cyanogen's assurances and the separation of Cyanogen OS from CyanogenMod, fans of the operating system do not seem to be happy. Read the comments.
For those who don't know, Cyanogen OS is an operating system, an official version of Android developed by Cyanogen Inc.The operating system is not directly available to end users, but to manufacturers who want to install it on their devices. For example, the OnePlus One is currently one of the most popular devices that comes with Cyanogen OS pre-installed.
On the other hand, CyanogenMod, which has a huge community, is a customized version of Cyanogen OS and does not come with any pre-installed apps. This will not change in the future, as the project leaders have stated, despite the agreement with Microsoft.
Microsoft seems to want to strengthen its presence on other mobile platforms, and a very good example is the agreement with Cyanogen Inc.
The deals it closes, in most cases, promote Microsoft's applications on the Android operating system, and are probably intended to convince users of the platform to switch to Windows Phone, where they can find the same applications, but with a full operating system for a complete experience.
Microsoft has made a similar deal, for pre-installed applications, with Samsung and is likely to seek more such agreements with Android manufacturers.
