Not going to happen.
Could be in talks with Amazon for a multiple amount of other reasons.
As above.
I would literally bet 10k on this being absolute BS.
It would damage MS far more than raw profit margins suggest.
It is very important for them as a way of championing "the OS for every device" and Cloud/azure/onedrive futrue thing they have going on.
That, Plus usage of Kinect outside of Xbox