I work with Ari Jaaksi. He is a frank and direct guy. He is talking about topics that are uncomfortable and others avoid. He is not religious about open source but he really wants to see it progressing and succeeding in the mobile industry, playing Nokia an important role.

You can judge his words. Please do, it's always useful to follow reactions. But at the end what counts are Nokia's actions. How many companies are shipping commercial devices with a higher percentage of and endorsement to open source? How many companies are making a higher open source contribution through new and patched code and direct support to OSS projects and specialized companies? How many companies in the league of Nokia are willing to discuss publicly with the open source community about potential futures of expansion to mass markets?

Anyway, time will tell. In the meantime the progression of Nokia in the open source arena since 2004 tells already a lot. The problem is perhaps about communication and context. This is one reason why I'm proposing to showcase the contributions made from the Maemo project to the open source community.

That was the serious part. Now the anecdotic part. I could only smile when reading

1. Interestingly enough, Qtopia seems to be part of OpenMoko's present.

2. Can someone name realistic examples for "screws"?

3. The interesting question is how these companies are going to implement Android in consumer products. Opposing Google and Nokia here doesn't make much sense since both have common issues and interests when it comes to face the current business models in the mobile industry.