No, this is the real deal, apparently. Obviously the work has gone on for years but between OCP and Xeon competitive chips (ThunderX2 and Centriq) it makes sens

No, this is the real deal, apparently. Obviously the work has gone on for years but between OCP and Xeon competitive chips (ThunderX2 and Centriq) it makes sense to put public weight behind it. The real question is if WSL (Ubuntu for Windows) will be available for AArch64 Windows. Because the only real 64-bit ARM software ecosystem today is Linux (courtesy of Linaro, Redhat, Canonical, Suse, and ARM). Between WSL and BTing legacy 32-bit x86 apps this could be a decent offering for folks who already have Microsoft infrastructure. Even cooler if Hyper-V is ported.