Maybe I am being over cynical by isn't this a huge waste of time given that Apple can "pull the plug" at any time? They want to control everything that runs on their chips so why bother?
But those of us who daily-drive macs but need to use Linux occasionally are very much rooting for this to be a going concern.
> As for Windows running natively on the machine, "that's really up to Microsoft," he said. "We have the core technologies for them to do that, to run their ARM version of Windows, which in turn of course supports x86 user mode applications. But that's a decision Microsoft has to make, to bring to license that technology for users to run on these Macs. But the Macs are certainly very capable of it."
— https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/11/we-are-giddy-intervi...
We know the latter isn't going happen.
Which makes it more unlikely that they will pull the plug. Of course, it's always a possibility.
Going back on it and locking it down could end in another lawsuit like the OtherOS removal from the PS3 (Which ended in $65 settlement payments it seems)