Why? WP isn't really in any better shape. The partnership benefits Microsoft more than it does Nokia, in that much of the innovation that comes with developing with WP will go to Microsoft.

In the meantime, Elop publically destroyed everything Nokia has been working on. Symbian? Basically told everyone it is a dead end. Qt? With Symbian effectively dead, who will bother? Also, WP does nothing to help the cause of Qt. Then there is all this development with Maemo/Meego which seems to be whithering on the vine.

I don't doubt that Nokia had to make a deal of some sort, but that isn't where the negative feelings are coming from. It is the throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Being a provider of Windows Phones isn't much of a future for the company that invented the smartphone. While Nokia may survive, it won't BE Nokia, if you know what I mean.