I'm not educated... just love gadgets, been a Linux user since the mid-90's, somehow kept up with Windows, use a Mac, and I piss off folks in these parts since I've signed up somehow.

If you want my true opinion about this move, it's backwards. I'd have to speculate (read: guess) that it means that MeeGo still isn't ready for primetime. But the move to WP7, it's just so very backwards.

Nokia traded in a MeeGo 1.x (first retail release) for Windows Phone 7 which basically is a "first retail release" since Microsoft broke all compatibility with Windows Mobile 6.x and prior. Both are unfinished in my opinion, and it's akin to picking a horse of the same age, of the same level of maturity and somehow I think it's a real gamble.

In this case, Nokia can task Microsoft to get the stuff that people actually want - like copy and friggin' paste. But at the same time, they now have to wait on Microsoft to deliver it - which breaks all of Nokia's prior culture.

I'm not a fan of this decision one bit. But you won't catch me whining about it. I just think it's a bit too short-sighted of Nokia to go this route. But if MeeGo can't ship, final in say 3 months, this does make sense. I'd consider this a patch for now.