MS is never going to explain, in detail, their current plans to consumers, for one, because plans can change and companies want the freedom to shift strategies without people feeling they are breaking more promises. You're lucky to get such explanations as a corporate customer. Unless you're a majority investor, it's unlikely you'll get anything more out of MS.
On the other hand, Satya Nadella has said pretty much everything consumers typically care about
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- WM is not their current focus. Not in terms of development, marketing, or otherwise.
- MS plans to give WM three years to evolve and start demonstrating that it can form the basis of a budding mobile ecosystem (not phone ecosystem). Although there are no promises, WM is unlikely to go away before that, at least not without MS throwing all their current plans overboard. edit: Similarly, I don't think people buying new WM devices are in danger of having their investments erased... MS' services, which is what you end up using and investing in, will endure either way. It could actually be argued that those are the safest services to invest in, as they are supported on all platforms.
- If you're not necessarily an MS fan (i.e. you're practical rather than ideological), but you like MS' services and are looking explicitly for a smartphone, iOS / Android / Cyanogen is where you should look.