The very obvious benefit of outsourcing kernel development to Linux is cost avoidance. When there is a volunteer army that can go after Meltdown and Spectre or

The very obvious benefit of outsourcing kernel development to Linux is cost avoidance. When there is a volunteer army that can go after Meltdown and Spectre orders of magnitude faster than the corporate stable of developers, the business case seems to make itself. Which might be among the reasons Mr.Softy has been a Platinum Parter of the Linux Foundation the last five years => https://www.itpro.com/strategy/27583/microsoft-joins-linux-foundation-as-platinum-partner https://www.itpro.com/strategy/27583/microsoft-joins-linux-f...