Will Microsoft dump Windows for Linux?

Interesting article - and keep in mind I have no idea what I'm talking about. . . but I wonder . . . so much is really left up to speculation. I think I read somewhere that M$ and RED HAT are in a "relationship" or was it Conical. So would M$ go the way of RHEL, Ubuntu?

What I really dread is making linux a huge target surface - if, whatever the the number is . . . 9x% of desktops that are now Windows transition to linux then that is where the preponderance of attacks (read malware, rookits etc.) will be. We in the linux desktop world live a charmed life - it's like living in my rural NC county rather than the Helmend Province of Afghanistan - we have a rather peaceful existence. The other thing that I find hard to believe is, is that M$ would just plop say Ubuntu OEM style on whatever rigs Dell etc are selling without;

1) it being proprietary with it's own flavor - they are not going to provide thousands of DEVs to Conical or RH at no cost. M$ Open Source provided for free . . . . not feeling it.

2) the M$ version of linux will still have to be a huge one size fits all bloated OS to replace all the systems in the M$ desktop population they serve now. With all the update BS and tons of security vulnerabilities. Heck, I am on Bodhi because I think most of the Ubuntu flavors are too bloated. I can only imagine what all would come with a M$ flavor of Ubuntu.

Also I find it hard to believe M$ would be willing to have all the "stuff" that only runs on Windows, at least very well, run on all linux platforms. I know a ton of folks who won't come over to linux because they have to run some Windows application that either won't run on linux or if it does not very well. M$ is not going to let that change. And driver availability . . . I don't see M$ wanting that to be fixed so they no longer benefit - Yeah Nvidia make drivers available that run well on linux not just on Windows linux - again I just don't see it because it means giving up a captured buyer base i.e. $$$$.

Same re music software. Linux has some good native music applications, but as far as industry standard stuff it’s Mac or Windows. Though things do appear to be going down a FOSS route lately in windows land. They actually contribute quite a bit to the kernel.

I doubt it.
They are trying to gain market share by adding a Linux subsystem but they are still doing
the same old thing as usual.
Seen the new web browser they are forcing on Windows 10 users?
Forced updates too.
Time will tell but they seem out of it the past few years with no direction.

Proprietary software, I don't think I'll be paying money for an O/S. Look what happen to DOS. They will try to do the same thing.