Just a thought, isn’t there a disparity between the efforts going into the release of new handheld hardware and the efforts being put into a common software platform? For which Mer is a prime candidate.

No one doubts the quality of the effort being put into Mer but, with respect, wouldn’t a few more hands be helpful?

A big beneficiary of Mer will be SmartQ but this is a small company and with limited resources. But what of other manufacturers, such as NVIDIA, who do not wish to be corralled into the Intel MID/Atom straightjacket. Would it be in NVIDIA’s interests to contribute some resources to Mer. Not to mention those manufacturers who are remaining true to the Internet Tablet concept – which includes Aigo and Viliv.

Please forgive the presumption, but would there be any benefit in involving such manufactures in the project? Or is the Maemo/Nokia connection a restriction in this regard?

As it appears to me Mer is lagging too far behind and not keeping up with the hardware announcements. I get mixed feelings when I see these hardware intentions. On the one hand I am excited at the possibility of choice and at the same time brought down by the realisation that there is no alternative operating system for them.

Or is it just inevitable that Windows 7 is going to get a stranglehold in the way that Microsoft always has.