I have the same feeling. Nothing altruistic about it, Microsoft stands to benefit greatly from having Linux inside Windows. Altruistic would be open-sourcing Wi

I have the same feeling. Nothing altruistic about it, Microsoft stands to benefit greatly from having Linux inside Windows. Altruistic would be open-sourcing Windows or something. That said, I'm glad they're seeking to benefit by increasing interoperability and developer goodwill. Their current strategy is good for users and devs and probably the best we can hope for. This will change if/when Windows becomes the one and only viable platform again and switches back to using that as leverage, but with the way things are going I think that will take a while. Not only have they been losing to Linux on the server front, they've been losing to the web and Apple/Google on the application & mobile fronts, so they are a long way from lock-in there.