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Theodores
I wonder if the realities of device drivers and hardware support come into play, if everyone only has to target a flavour of linux then that makes it easier. So Microsoft just have to put a wrapper around a core linux box that does all the heavy lifting. Sounds good to me.
catach
Is this the end of the "embrace" stage or the beginning of the "extend" stage?

The "MS-designed chip" bit might actually be the most interesting part of the eventual story, though.

spartanatreyu
Seems like they're trying to fix the problem of vendors not releasing security updates after 2-3 years of the product's launch by taking on the responsibility themselves.

They'd be looking at long term gains here

[dead] shiftoutbox
Dingus it April 16th . You are 15 days late !
awat
Alert:: Hell has frozen over

But seriously I still don’t know what to make of Microsofts new(ish) adoption of Linux it seems positive for Linux overall but I’m cautiously optimistic.