You don't owe anyone here anything.

I also thought that the MS-deal was improbable, but the weeks leading in to it, it was made obvious.

I actually prefer Nokia sticking with WP8 rather than Android, as it would take away the mono/duopoly and create some competitiveness.
I'm sad for both HP who had poor planning and RIM who has no "saviour". I hope RIM won't go the way of the WebOS