No offense qgil my N800 has been successful for me in spite of Nokia's past support. Believe it or not.

In the past this forum and it's members are the only ones who seemed to care about your customers in North America so I am concerned about the future.

My forum sale question was used to help council members understand the crux of my concern. That is; how much influence does Nokia expect to have regarding the direction of this community? The answer I'm getting is "None at all... but BTW, they are buying this forum and paying some of the salaries at maemo.org."

My confusion and the questions raised by it are motivated by a desire to preserve what I truly see as the good in this community... not fear mongering.

BTW, some could care less about an ad supported site. I know I would actually pay for membership to a site that was a source for accurate and unbiased information. Maybe I'm different that way but that's what I thought forums were all about.

Please excuse me for going a little off topic in a thread that appeared to be summarily dismissed by a member of our community council in the 2nd post. My mistake.

(That last bit was not meant to provoke a response. It was/is only my perception... Enjoy your vacation GA. No topic here is important enough to interupt some scheduled R & R )