This is great, because all distributions will benefit from it eventually, not just RedHat/Fedora. The folks at Canonical, in particular, seem to be very adept

This is great, because all distributions will benefit from it eventually, not just RedHat/Fedora. The folks at Canonical, in particular, seem to be very adept at leveraging the work of others for the benefit of Ubuntu. I would hope these kinds of efforts lead to better collaboration and coordination between the different distros for improving compatibility with desktop, laptop, tablet, and even phone hardware... ...but Unfortunately I don't think we should expect better collaboration and coordination, due to the usual political and quasi-religious barriers between distros.