Older execs probably had to be defensive and reactionary because they had to protect their main source of income, Windows. But it's clear now that 1) Windows h

Older execs probably had to be defensive and reactionary because they had to protect their main source of income, Windows. But it's clear now that 1) Windows has zero chance of taking a significant market share away from Linux in the cloud and 2) cloud technology is an important area of growth for MS. Satya probably sees that stubbornly sticking to Windows just isn't going to work anymore, so it's better to play nice with the others.