Dude. Cynicism is understandable, but if you're looking for a pure open source sort of endeavor, would you expect it to come from a for-profit enterprise?

You acknowledge Nokia's success as if it were a bad thing. That success enabled a side project like the tablets in the first place. Who else is doing this now? Yes, Intel has a burgeoning competitive effort, but... cha-ching! They're in it for the lettuce too.

Would that we lived in an altruistic Star Trek-like utopia where money is considered a quaint affectation of primitive cultures. We're not there yet. Even an "open source" friendly device takes capital to produce. And here we are.