by the way, I got an email reply from Elop:

"Hello there,

We definitely intend to support our customers so that you can safely enjoy an N9.

And regarding WP, we have a great deal of flexibility in the changes that we can make; however, we believe a great deal of the success of the broader WP ecosystem will be in the consistency of both the end user and developer experience. Thus, we will be very thoughtful about the nature and degree of changes that we make.

Regards,

Stephen"

As bland as I expected, really.