Bacon: Rebasing Ubuntu on Android?

At his blog, former Ubuntu Community Manager Jono Bacon speculateson whether or not the Ubuntu Phone project should rebase its softwarestack on Android. Bacon prefaces the post with a note that it is"designed purely for some intellectual fun and discussion. I amnot proposing we actually do this, nor advocating for this."The central argument is that new mobile platforms invariably expendhundreds of thousands of dollars attracting well-known app vendors tothe new stack. Supporting Android apps would let Ubuntu focus effortson the user interface, scopes, and other components. "I knowthere has been a reluctance to support Android apps on Ubuntu as itdevalues the Ubuntu app ecosystem and people would just use Androidapps, but I honestly think some kind of middle-ground is needed to getinto the game, otherwise I worry we won't even make it to the subsbench no matter how awesome our technology is." Note that,whatever one makes of the idea, Bacon is speaking only about theUbuntu Phone stack; the post does touch on how such a rebase wouldinterfere with Ubuntu's plans for a converged software stack.