With Windows 10, Microsoft is trying to consolidate its mishmash of platforms into something that developers can address simultaneously. In Windows, this means that developers will be able to write a desktop app that will seamlessly run in mobile environments, thanks to the Windows 10 codebase – under a program called Universal Applications. Now however, Microsoft is looking to bring external developers into the fold, by enabling them to port their iOS and Android apps into Windows 10. Similar attempts have been made before, and we can all remember how that turned out for BlackBerry’s operating system BB10. However, the Microsoft strategy would enable Apple and Android apps to run on any device, and not just mobile like BlackBerry. In…