Maybe Elop will be good for Nokia, maybe not. He sounds like most generic executives - reasonably intelligent and very good at talking and answering questions while saying nothing and not giving answers.

But I'm not concerned with Nokia or how much money they make. I didn't buy a N900 because it was a Nokia. I bought it because it was the only thing that put an open Linux distro in my pocket on hardware that suited my needs (T-Mobile 3G, resistive screen, etc). Everything considered, it looks like I may be keeping the N900 for a long time.

IOW, I'm concerned only with MeeGo, because if at all possible my next phone will be running MeeGo. And I just can't see this guy Elop being a positive thing for MeeGo. MeeGo is all about being open. Everything Elop has ever done screams proprietary. Betcha if you asked him a month ago what he thinks of MeeGo he would've said it depends on where you're going.

At this point Nokia has no deep commitment to MeeGo they can't easily walk away from. Nothing MeeGo presently on the market. Only the pie-in-the-sky promise of something actually running Maemo 6/Harmattan but called MeeGo. As for Nokia's Qt strategy, well, it is cross-platform...so...can you say Qt and WinPhone 7 in the same sentence? Yes, yes you can.

Consider that Microsoft is nothing if not:
a. Loaded with cash.
b. Relentless and willing to spend to gain a goal.
c. Ruthless to the point of at least borderline evil.

Considering the above and that they now have one of their own at the top of power at Nokia, what do you think M$ would be willing to do to get WinPhone 7 as the OS on a worldwide market as huge as Nokia's? To deliver Windows gaming, Exchange, Office, Bing, cloud services, etc. etc. to that market?

And what is Nokia willing to do to make a major dent in the North American Market? Well, we know now at minimum giving the CEO job to a M$ lackey. Does it include WinPhone 7? Betcha it does...