Small detail first: You mean WP7 (Windows Mobile != Windows Phone... a detail Microsoft particularly wishes to make clear is that Windows Phone 7 is a new OS from the bottom up).
Given Elop's slobbering wet kiss to Balmer over Windows Phone 7, and Microsoft's paranoia over Linux and their long history of intentions to quash competition through agreements and contracts, I'm not convinced that you've made the headline I quoted any less valid.
Can the council or anybody in the community have the ability to ask him point-blank whether he would be publicly willing to admit that he would consider re-allocating focus and funds onto the MeeGo platform if the N9 sells above a threshold? That type of deal with the community might help boost sales and create a large, free marketing workforce so long as there is that promise of support and openness with the community--something that Nokia has been severely lacking for a long time is communication with their customers and communities. This would go a long way to repairing that very quickly.