This is so common in the technology world

Nerds and Linux geeks (who I love to death, but...) demand that you see it their way, while consumers (that's me, the guy who's interested in the N800, but does something else for a living, and spends most of his time writing about art) are left confused and basically unheard.

I think Microsoft learned this lesson a while ago, you can't just provide the hardware and say "ok team, everyone buy this and love it and support it."

if you can't take criticism, i'm very sorry for you - meanwhile as long as you ignore the fact that the iphone is slaying everything else, you're not going to get very far.

with that said, do i have an iphone? no, i bought an n800, and i'm excited about the opensource community. but if the open source community is going to be anything more than a cute little boys club where people sneer at outsiders, it will never be anything close to what it could be - that is, that the exchange of ideas and input from a wide variety of sources is something that is cherished and encouraged, and should not be closed off by profit gains.

i know you like your girls pretty and sweet - me too.

i just want one with some brains