Xbox gaming needs hardware level security to run in Windows. Big money. That's reason alone to do this. Android support needed linux. This is part of the reaso

Xbox gaming needs hardware level security to run in Windows. Big money. That's reason alone to do this. Android support needed linux. This is part of the reason for WSL. That and lessening the need for enterprises to gain experience with bare metal linux to get access to the open source goodies. Finally, mandating hardware security is a breaking upgrade in this case. Everyone expects these major changes to require a version bump. The confusion around windows 10 if there were two significant varieties would be incredibly fragmenting, not to mention, just frustrating. Somewhere in there is the real reason.