"finding these MS initiatives a lot like "hangin' with the cool kids" or "sounding hip"." This announcement is undoubtedly partly publicity-driven. But its als

"finding these MS initiatives a lot like "hangin' with the cool kids" or "sounding hip"." This announcement is undoubtedly partly publicity-driven. But its also about keeping Windows visible and relevant to groups who may not use PCs much. And if the RPi does become the standard IoT hardware platform, then Microsoft will want a bit of that too. And embrace, extend, extinguish makes no sense in a community-driven ecosystem. MS knows that.