also cheered nadela for another reason. they say he's a better fit at this time for microsoft than his predecessor, steve bomber. >> nadela is a developer, where balmer was really a sales guy. that's great with sales guys but with growth i think they want to hear from the developer in the company as opposed to the sales guy. >> reporter: however, some analysts argue that the first year honeymoon ended for nadela when microsoft last reported earnings results in late january. the stock dropped hard following that report. part of the worry? underlying trends for its windows franchise. for nadela to keep shareholders on its side windows 10 the new version of operating system due out later this year needs to be a big hit. windows still does account for about 25% of microsoft's revenue, companies consumers, and developers need to embrace windows 10 if nadela hopes to win over wall street in 2015 and beyond. for "nightly business report," i'm josh lipton in silicon valley. >>> coming up the lengths some developers are willing to g