Even so. There's no need to try to cut people down to size.

This is a common problem that I see with Maemo. These forums are not approachable places. People with different ideas or perspectives are generally met with snarky put-downs, which is not terribly inclusive to outsiders that are genuinely interested in getting involved.

But Maemo/MeeGo needs people to build the community, and not all of them will be computer scientists, developers, or software engineers. Some will be enthusiasts willing to share an idea (maybe an implausible one, or even a bad one), but lack of expertise does not imply that all ideas will be poor. Reading threads like this will turn people off from sharing and severely limit the intake of new users.