Microsoft’s developer-centric Build conference opens its doors this week, the second such gathering since the minting of the “new” Microsoft with Satya Nadella in the driver’s seat. The changes to Microsoft since Nadella came on board have been encouraging: a firm consolidation of Microsoft’s presence in the cloud, the transformation of its app-dev ecosystem via open source .Net, and much more.
Still, there’s a lot more Microsoft could do for its developer audience and for itself. Here are a few suggestions for Microsoft’s agenda at Build and the reasons why.