[elboru]

Staya Nadella might be accelerating things, but Microsoft has been moving through this direction before Staya's arrival (ASP.NET MVC was open sourced in April 2009), actually I see Staya Nadella taking reins as another step Microsoft took to be more open.

[dragonwriter]

> Staya Nadella might be accelerating things, but Microsoft has been moving through this direction before Staya's arrival (ASP.NET MVC was open sourced in April 2009),

Satya Nadella has been a Microsoft exec since 2007, so events in 2009 are not before his arrival, and he was credited for being instrumental in driving this kind of transition in focus before becoming CEO.

> actually I see Staya Nadella taking reins as another step Microsoft took to be more open.

Sure, it was a vote to double down on the things Nadella was driving as a key leader before becoming CEO.

[keithg]

Scott Hanselman has been an outspoken advocate for this type of move within Microsoft. Hard to say how much influence he has had, but I think it's probably not insignificant.

[teh_klev]

And as I mentioned in another comment, Scott Guthrie. He really seemed to give the Dev Div a boot up the backside when he took over.