This argument totally ignores Microsoft’s consideration of what might happen after that endgame-state, and what utility (if any) it would have for them. Specifi

This argument totally ignores Microsoft’s consideration of what might happen after that endgame-state, and what utility (if any) it would have for them. Specifically, Microsoft would have everything to lose if it placed all of the Windows-like APIs into their Linux kernel, even if that were in the interests of “de-complexifying” their Azure business, because after that they’d be on par with every other Cloud/PaaS provider and they’d be outcompeted on cost by the likes of Amazon Web Services.