Even though I don't write mobile apps I am glad to see news like this. The reason is that if I do have to learn how to code mobile apps then Android would be my first choice. I wouldn't feel like I was wasting my time learning another VB-like technology stack.
Like when your job forces you to learn Visual Basic for a project. Android is something that I would learn in my spare time (if I had any) but I wouldn't go and pick up Visual Basic for the fun of it.
