hey, I'm the person embarking on the project, thanks for checking it out!
one of the big reasons I started this project is that I've really been wanting to work on a project that deals with bootloader and kernel level code, and doing Windows bringup on the M1 seemed like a really interesting thing to tackle.
While initial progress might be slow, it is indeed happening, I'm planning to post an update tonight actually, but I realize you're busy so feel free to check the website whenever you have a free moment. (It's basic I know i'm not a web person lol)
Unfortunately, I was born little after NT was already introduced :)
It indeed is really an impressive feat of engineering, but really almost all existing OS platforms are essentially from pre-2000s. Even fushcia's magenta (iirc LK was inspired by BeOS, the author worked at Danger prior).