Microsoft Corporation are intending to add code to the Linux kernel to support exFAT. This would allow better support for exFAT storage devices without using proprietary Linux kernel modules. This is very good news, if only Nvidia would supply open source drivers for their hardware, then using it would be easier, as it requires tainting the kernel with a binary blob right now. But at least we are getting open source code to support the exFAT filesystem. This is a good sign of more openness on the part of Redmond WA. In the past, they have been accused of anti-competitive actions in regards to attempts to squash Google and Linux open source software, now we can install Linux within Windows 10 and then install an Apache HTTP server in it to test various CMS and web scripts. That is very useful. Microsoft have a lot of projects on their Github, this shows a more open and friendly approach to sharing software, even the Windows Calculator is on there. It would be interesting of Microsoft ported Internet Explorer to Linux, that would be the cause of a lot of controversy and blog posting. Would be very funny though. I am not sure how much effort it takes to port software from Windows to Linux, but it would be a lot.
Microsoft did do this in the past, they ported Outlook Express, Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer 5 to Linux using a toolkit, but this went nowhere. Which is a pity. it would be cool to run Windows software natively on a Linux desktop. Especially office productivity software like Microsoft Office suite and OneNote. That would mean more competition for Openoffice and Libreoffice, which still need work. This was available on the UNIX Solaris operating system, this would have offered a more stable and secure operating system using Windows software ported to Linux, something they should not have abandoned, as you just need a binary installer to install the software on Linux, and the knowledge of how to make the binary package executable to install on Linux. Netscape Navigator for Linux was the main competition for Windows browsers at the time, then we had Mozilla browsers and finally Firefox, then Chromium. But it would have been an interesting experience to be able to use proprietary software on Linux and then have an alternative to the Windows operating system, while still using familiar software.