Another thing that no-one has mentioned at all is how this pairs up with UbuntuBSD.
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11326457
Michael Hall of Canonical is quoted elsewhere (http://www.cio.com/article/3046588/open-source-tools/ubuntub...) saying that
> I think it's a cool project and I'm looking forward to seeing how far they get with it. It would certainly be an interesting addition to our already varied list of official flavors, if they can get there.
If one has Ubuntu binaries, one can now run them directly on top of 3 operating system kernels:
* On the FreeBSD kernel, with UbuntuBSD.
* On the Linux kernel, with Ubuntu Linux.
* On the Windows NT kernel, with this new Windows NT Linux subsystem.
So whilst RedHat is busy pushing systemd, and the systemd people are busy pushing a convergence of all Linux distributions into systemd operating systems that do a whole lot of things in the same single way, Ubuntu is apparently taking on Debian's "universal operating system" mantle and extending it to places where even Debian is not.
Everyone is focussing on Microsoft. It's important to remember the "and Canonical".