Yeah, exactly. Being able to stick the turbine in the middle of the ducted fan and then use its exhaust for extra thrust while directly driving the fan with the generated gases is the cherry on top.
If we were going to replace a high bypass turbofan with anything, though, I'd expect it to be a high power AC motor directly driving a ducted fan. Realistically for long haul air travel, though, my guess is we'll stick with turbofans and just use biodiesel or something.
