[Hjugo]

Or that they finally fund a project that could replace windows

[endymi0n]

Given their dysmal track record of funding anything remotely successful and other than ivory tower projects, I wouldn't hope too much.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaero Or look at Stratosphere/Apache Flink, basically they cloned Spark in much worse for millions of dollars.

[yellowapple]

Something like ReactOS or Longene would be a feasible target for such efforts. Or even just a commitment to GNU/Linux or one of the BSDs.