Stephen Elop may have said that Nokia will not be looking back at MeeGo even if the N9 becomes a success but that does not mean Nokia will be abandoning it altogether after launch.
This assurance comes from Nokia Head of Portfolio Management, Klas Ström, who tweeted that Nokia will continue to support the N9 for years and release several software updates for it. We hope Nokia does not plan on launching a buggy device to be actually needing those updates badly but it is nice to know in case it does have a problem you will not be left out in the cold.