Brent Simmons brings up the one real indicator that Nadella could be a good CEO choice for Microsoft: Azure.

Creating services for iOS apps doesn’t sound at all like the Microsoft I used to know. Using Node.js and JavaScript doesn’t sound like that Microsoft. The old Microsoft would create services for their OSes only and you’d have to use Visual Studio.

Nadella doesn’t live in the Windows-only world of 10-15 years ago. He recognizes the world has moved on.