For a while it seemed like Microsoft wasn't taking Windows seriously as a product. And the easiest way to cut costs on that is to use a solution someone else is building and maintaining. They did retire Internet Explorer in favor of a Chromium browser, so it wouldn't be unprecedented.
Why would Microsoft ever do that?
WSL is already there for the folks that want to play with Linux.
For a while it seemed like Microsoft wasn't taking Windows seriously as a product. And the easiest way to cut costs on that is to use a solution someone else is building and maintaining. They did retire Internet Explorer in favor of a Chromium browser, so it wouldn't be unprecedented.
Edge has lots of features on top of Chromium.
Inb4 Windows 40k and to run the "kernel" you need to sacrifice 1000 a day
By the time we get to version 40k the kernel will just be AI hallucinating a UI for you at 60fps.
Secondly, I do acknowlege your 40k reference.