Well, if windows was open source, now nobody would doubt that the change from Meego to Windows has been a GREAT thing. Suddenly Nokia is competing now at the same level as Android's and Apple, with only half of a year. Great. A huge success.

The problem here is that Windows is a closed business. But who cares about it? Nokia is not a non-profit organisation. The fact that we like more opensource SO's does not mean that anybody is forced to build a business around it. This is money, would you risk all your money and all your family money to start a business based on your romantic ideas?

I am afraid that the decision was to live or to die. The future of a Nokia linked with Meego, alone, with no ecosystem, and everybody here complaining of why the world is not looking at this direction since the N9 is so cool, is simply sad.