If Microsoft (or SONY or...) ever DID get interested in buying the OpenPandora company and it's IPs - who says it would be to actually release the Pandora rather than to keep it off the market?
Ever think about taking the Pandora on Dragon's Den? Not that I would want them in on the project, I'd just want to see Peter's face when you explain what it is you're making.
That would be interesting . Maybe they would react (facial expression wise) the same way Simon Cowell did when he first saw Susan Boyle (Britain's got talent)