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Originally Posted by lemmyslender View Post
@christexaport If money were no object I'd buy at least one

@ texrat and others

I didn't intend it as a slap in the face. I certainly don't have enough disposable income to buy one immediately even if I wanted one.

I'm going on the assumption (as illustrated by the poll) there are people who will buy one immediately both inside this community (including some of those "core drivers") and out (I seem to see more new members posting every day). christexaport seems to suggest that at least in some other communities it will be welcomed and adopted. There have been a lot of posts about how we should expect an influx of new members once the n900 (hopefully) takes off. I assume that some of those people will be able to contribute substantially to the community in a variety of areas. A little new blood couldn't hurt could it? Some of those people may even become "core drivers". Surely in this open community we wouldn't get an "I've been here longer than you so my opinion counts more" attitude would we

I also assume that if a community member really believes in the community, they wouldn't leave if they can't contribute to the Fremantle portion would they? There is still a lot going on in the m8x0 portiom (Mer for instance). I assume that once they can afford a new device they would start contributing in the appropriate areas.

I apologize if I offended anyone, I didn't want to or mean to.
Apology accepted.

Yes, judging from the reaction to the N900 on several tech sites, I think we'll see a lot of new blood.

I don't think any of the core members of the community (whomever you consider that to be) would leave if they couldn't have their hands on the Fremantle device, but like I said... it's hard to stay motivated to work on it when you can't get the device in your hands and not being able to see what's going on with your own eyes makes development that much harder.

Of course, that's exactly what people working on Fremantle apps are doing right at this precise moment... but the excitement is in the air still. A lot of people just simply get bored of using their gadgets after a while for some reason... so I can see some developers that can't afford the new device leaving the tablets behind after a little while. I don't think it'll be a huge mass exodus by any means, however.

New blood is good blood. If even 5% of new users decide to sign up here and decide to give back to the community in one form or another, be it through programming, support, bug fixes, whatever... the community will be in great shape.

I can't pretend I can speak for everyone in the community, but I can tell you that I don't do what I do (whatever that is) because I expect some form of payment from Nokia. I do it because I believe in the devices and the people around them.
 

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