While I agree to some degree, I also see that the opposite it true. Jolla must provide a reason to let go of Maemo.

The reason that shift never happend with MeeGo was that nothing ever came from it. By the time the SDK side of things were hitting, so was news of instability within Nokia and the MeeGo efforts. There was lots of talk, lots of barely functional base porting going on, but in the end nothing was ever actually shipped running MeeGo. (Even the N9 isn't really MeeGo, and that was aborted before it even left the building.)

MeeGo was far from rejected, and the arrogance you speak of was coming primarily from their side. Walking into a community and saying that the primarily used system is a "dead platform" and that any respectable developer would stop "wasting time" on Maemo and go to MeeGo instead isn't a way to make friends.

The reason many from that community are here now is frankly because half of them never left. For the rest, there was no were else to really go when the rug got pulled out from under them. We are a community, despite our differences, and are the closest thing they had to "family". It's also why there's been lots or productive talks on how to keep tools and such alive for everyone, and maybe even share resources with other groups in the future.

Happily, I've yet to see this "we're new and thus better" attitude come directly from those in charge of Jolla. I think many of them watched or even participated in the mess that was MeeGo, and have learned from that experience.

I do think though that they undervalue what a community brings to them. Developers are great, and this community is blessed to have the talent we do within our ranks. But even the best developer will make mediocre tools and wares if there is no means of feedback or a community reflecting, praising, and even criticizing at times. I say that as an engineer, realizing that very often we (as developers/engineers) think differently than others. Having other views, even when we disagree with them, is important to do what we do.

Development is a cycle, one critical component of which is feedback. Sometimes it's a bit much here, granted. But in the end, you need a community to have a successful platform. And while you can tune out noise, you gain nothing by amplifying silence.