For good measure - this is a proof of concept system we're doing. The proposal was called Maemo Reconstructed, but the proof of concept system is called Mer (we cannot call something Maemo obviously, as this has nothing to do with Maemo, other than being a project that may eventually help with things).

The purpose is to support future OS development done in the tablet community and to aid in helping Maemo to be more in alignment with standard distributions and serve as an experimental community platform..

What Mer is not:

* A Maemo competitor - Mer is meant as a proof of concept to research in what directions may be feasible and which may not be, to serve as properly researched and documented community input to the Maemo platform.
* An Nokia/Maemo-backed effort, - 100% done by tablet enthuiasts
* Something that is installable here and now
* Ready for use


.. Just to clear things up