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Originally Posted by lemmyslender View Post
Actually, yes. I know that kind of thought may shock some people, but free money isn't always a good thing. Ever hear of the saying "There's no such thing as a free lunch"?

I'm not saying he should do it tomorrow, I'm saying he should do it before Nokia says "Oh, by the way, the power gets turned off tomorrow".

There are thousands upon thousands of businesses that are no longer around because they chose to milk the free money as long as they could, put off planning, put off moving on to other opportunities, etc. Why? Who turns down free money, what are we stupid? In the end, yes they were stupid. Easier to get weaned off the money now while it's flowing rather that when it stops.

I seem to recall (and may be wrong), but only a couple of months ago, it seemed like we were sure Nokia was going to pay the bills for the foreseeable future, probably a couple years. Now we're down to at least a year, and next quarter may bring 6 months. Given the current climate, I'd expect the money to run out sooner rather than later.

But, in the end, I'm just some random guy offering my 2 cents. Plan or don't plan, wait, don't wait, no skin off my nose.
Just because they are staying on servers paid by Nokia doesn't mean that the council isn't making plans for life without Nokia.

Also, as Jaffa says, there needs to be a sustainable plan for such a move. Right now, I don't know if there is a way forward considering that Maemo is getting toward EOL. Certainly as an independent entity, TMO might very well be done in the near future, particularly as others on this forum move on to greener pastures.

The question would be, who could we team up with to provide the functionality which we enjoy currently? Would it make sense to merge with Meego.com? Some other organization?

That being said, all things come to an end eventually, and so will Maemo.
 

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