After I read the links I was not so concerened about NDA's; however, what I saw was a missed opportunity by Palm to partner with the community.

From what I have been hearing about this it seems that the "lessons learned" could be that Nokia should have a "focal point of contact" with the community and standardized, well communicated expectations.

I think there was a communication failure as result of not having a proper partnership and the required trust, which was needed for such an undertaking...

Anyway... all those Devs want to go somewhere right?...perhaps this lost opportunity is someone elses gain....