Unix from Microsoft

Beleive it or not MS at one time was working on a 16 bit Unix version called Xenix.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenix

I wonder if we would have had Linux, Windows Mistake Edition (ME) or Mistake Edition 2 (Vista) if they had persuaded this path.

I guess that 8088 which was an 8 bit microprocessor was more in at that point of time which led to developement of DOS and we never got to see any more of Xenix.

I wonder if dropping of Xenix was a good thing for Unix or not???