I think the writing has been on the wall for a while now - Windows (server or otherwise) is no longer considered the money maker - now it's Office and Azure. N

I think the writing has been on the wall for a while now - Windows (server or otherwise) is no longer considered the money maker - now it's Office and Azure. Nadella was literally the top Cloud Computing executive at the company before he was picked for CEO. Replacing Balmer - who was very pro-windows.