The kind of people who are frequenting the internet for news about new devices that haven't come out yet like the N9. That's not exactly an instant win, but its definitely not a downside.

If despite the money being put into it, WP7 sells just as poorly as everyone here says it will, then there will be no need to dissolve the Microsoft-Nokia partnership, Microsoft will just do its best to make it look like it never happened. If they fail, Nokia will have no choice but to go Meego or no go. Or they might cave completely and go the Android route, and probably be loved by all by having nice devices. They've shown they can competently make a UI, they can shove great hardware in a device, and likely wont have any problem with unlocked bootloaders.

Given the N9 as a gauge, the phones Nokia will be putting out wont suck... far from it. The only thing that might suck would be WP7 and that's on MS.