Nothing stops Microsoft from putting an entire GNU or BSD userspace atop their NT kernel. They probably built the proof-of-concept 15 years ago.
EDIT: Considering that they used the BSD network code to put TCP/IP in NT 3.1, it's likely that they had at least a minimal BSD userspace running atop the NT kernel circa 1991/1992. That could have meant x86, Alpha, or MIPS:
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Nothing stops Microsoft from putting an entire GNU or BSD userspace atop their NT kernel. They probably built the proof-of-concept 15 years ago.
EDIT: Considering that they used the BSD network code to put TCP/IP in NT 3.1, it's likely that they had at least a minimal BSD userspace running atop the NT kernel circa 1991/1992. That could have meant x86, Alpha, or MIPS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Software_Distribution