I don't think senior management would even know about it, & even if they did...
They'd only care because it helps in ensuring the N9's not as successful as it may have been.

In order to get at least some ROI, they want it to do as well as -or better than- the N900.
And there's no doubt that'll happen, even with the limited/ambiguous support in the lead-up-to &, following it's release.
It's still definitely getting way more interest than the N900 did IMO...*

But they also want to ensure it's not a raging success, so leaving this out there adds to the FUD.
And combined with other measures they've taken or are taking, it makes WP more compelling to the mainstream media.

None of this necessarily means they want MeeGo to go away forever, they just want to give WP the best jumpstart possible.
And if that means putting a dampener on MeeGo in the meantime, so be it, but it's all freaking madness if you ask me!

Sigh, not 100% sure what "regional only" means but it doesn't sound good:
http://forum.meego.com/showpost.php?...&postcount=403
And I guess the way things have already evolved wrt distribution, is evidence of that

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(1) But it's also emerging in a space that's far more strongly dominated by iOS/Android, than 2yrs ago.
(2) Further compounded by a media fire-storm of negativity/uncertainty, that the N900 didn't have to the same degree.
If Nokia had realised (1) in January but instead decided to back MeeGo even more strongly.
Then I don't think MeeGo would've had anywhere near the same kind of negative perception it does now.
There'd still be an uphill battle ahead, but there'd also be a "tiny slither of hope"...
Even some mainstream love would've crept in, remained stable, & possibly even gradually climbed, preceding/following availability