No.

• Each Maemo device has been targeted at a more "mainstream" audience than the one that preceded it.* The Maemo 5 devices should, if anything, be a greater step toward that goal than any before. Whether they're the fabled "Step 5" or not isn't clear, and also isn't important.
• During a recession that has led to cutbacks in other areas, Nokia has increased hiring for Maemo in preparation for the platform taking on far greater importance within the company's product line up.
• Last year's Maemo Summit was mostly aimed at programmers. Maemo Summit 2009 will feature a track for "engaged users".
• Nokia has increased financial support for maemo.org. They've paid for a Debmaster and begun supporting Talk.
• A certain "engaged user" of distinction, who also happens to have insider knowledge of Maemo's future, did his best--based upon experience in building online communities--to restructure Talk to better serve the anticipated influx of new Maemo users.
• Nokia will be opening a new web site for casual users of Maemo devices. This site is expected to be a considerable improvement over Tableteer and the OS2008 User Site.

And the list goes on.

So, the balance of the maemo.org community will continue to shift from developers to engaged users, with a growing number of casual users, on the Maemo users' site, also benefiting from Extras, syndicated Downloads data, etc. Meanwhile, I hope you, and everyone else on this site, continue to feel welcome. Indeed, I hope we're able to become more welcoming.


* The N810 WiMAX Edition was, as its name implies, a variant of the N810, not a real step forward toward mainstream.