Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry9630/5.0.0.591 Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/105)
Yes, it was decided that Shares is staying.
And it is entirely possible that it can handle such advanced tasks as processing the upgrade policy based on a combined record rather than splitting it or adding zone boarding. For the upgrade thing it is actually not processed by Shares anyways, I believe, so the rant is somewhat misguided.