Reading the article it seems that the primary objective is to get the open source community behind Windows 8 and the windows phone. "..work with the PhoneGap/C

Reading the article it seems that the primary objective is to get the open source community behind Windows 8 and the windows phone. "..work with the PhoneGap/Cordova and jQuery Mobile and other open source communities to support Windows Phone.." Seems to be a rather one way street to me. When they stop claiming the rights to Linux and perhaps make Silverlight work in Linux I may believe they support open source.