I think much of this thread has been about attracting a set of developers exclusionary to another set of developers. I dont still understand why we have to have a exclusionary mentality to attracting any set of developers.

So what if iPhone developers are odious. So what if Java developers don't create bloatware, so what if WinMo devs are not creative .... its not about developers attached to their platform, its bringing in developers based on Maemo's strength.

There's nothing to be gained by excluding any group and not trying to attract all kinds of developers. Ultimately when any of those other platform developers start developing for Maemo, they are all Maemo developers.