What amazes me is the way Elop handled this. Somehow it doesn't makes sense. He could just say "We became partners with MS", but instead he:

• Wrote a memo that practically burns Nokia
• Hurried to announce that all current activity will practically stop
• Hurried to announce that Qt will not be supported any more
• etc etc

For a company that doesn't pre-announce things (that's why we're told about maemo all this time), this should be unacceptable. Which CEO would go out and say (in fact, write) that the software that his company is based on is a "burning platform"? Isn't part of his role to support his company's actions, even the old ones? Who would say that "we won't support application development for our existing mobiles any more" and won't expect his share to fall? Who would present an image of a company under destruction?

At least he should refer to Nokia with some pride instead of practically claiming that it's current status is "dead".