So MS has built a machine for the .001% of the user population who are going to go buy a windows machine to put Linux on it? Sounds like a winning business plan to me.
You’re being pretty short sighted. Do you think PCs are built solely for Windows? This new platform is not forced to run Windows like Apple platforms are. That was my point. And yes, MS is building a lot of stuff lately to be cross-platform. That’s evidenced by their recent announcements concerning SSH on the new server platforms and others.