They have to make it work judging from their actions after signing the contract with MS. They did not offer the phone to the US, UK, etc and in the countries that did get it, it was a low profile launch. The fact that Elop stated they aren't going back to Meego no matter how successful the N9 is shows if nothing more that there was certain exclusivity that MS was given when the deal was struck. He cant go back without unleashing possible litigation from MS. Of course this is all speculation from the info I've read. I cant be certain, just an educated guess.

On a side note don't take these things too seriously, its just a phone. You keep drawing these conclusions from my posts and I honestly don't know how you're getting there.