This is totally reminiscent of the Apple integrating the NeXT code base (and inheriting BSD by way of it). If they can integrate Linux as a first-class citizen

This is totally reminiscent of the Apple integrating the NeXT code base (and inheriting BSD by way of it). If they can integrate Linux as a first-class citizen in Windows, I will totally be sold on Windows as an OS platform. Can you imagine the day you'd be able to link a library built in Linux with a Windows native app?