The ultimate Linux Trojan horse: Windows Subsystem for Linux

Although I see Brian Lunduke's point that being able to run Linux within Windows 10 can aid further adoption of open-source software, I can also see Microsoft using this to further their imagined case that they own Linux intellectual property, as they already claim through their previous and current patent extortions.

I think it's more to get people to run MS on bare metal and make use of Linux only as guest on a Windows host. They already make it incredibly difficult to install Linux on a machine that comes with Win10, and to run any version of Windows after Vista as a virtual guest on a Linux host.

JaseP's observation makes it obvious how important the NSA is to MS.

I haven't followed this very closely, but I can't help wondering about the security implications of this.

I have heard for example, that this "Linux Sub-system" doesn't implement anything like 'su' or 'sudo'. How careful is Microsoft being about the implementation? Is this going to end up being the next 'Windows Scripting Host'-style malware vector?

JaseP - Good points. Secure Boot was likely Stage 1, with this being Stage 2.