No, Unity came before Windows 8. And with Windows 8 noone actually used Metro, the real desktop environment wasn't really touched so you always had a polished

No, Unity came before Windows 8. And with Windows 8 noone actually used Metro, the real desktop environment wasn't really touched so you always had a polished desktop-oriented UI one key stroke away. Not so with ubuntu that single-handedly obliterated the desktop Linux market dominance it had.