This was the point about MeeGo:
- Standardize the software (Linux kernel, rpm packaging, Qt gui)
- Penetrate the market (Mobile, Tablet, Desktop, plus others)
- Compile a Store (where legitimate software can be bought)
- Create the Incentive (where devs can jump ship or port, and attract mainstream users)

In 2012:
MeeGo is dead
Android has taken that spot
Android has very little to do with "Linux" (its mostly Dalvik this and that)
Linux in the same mess it was 4 years ago (actually worse, the competitions gotten much better)