I know I'm new here, but this is my take on this....time was when when Maemo ran only on a relative handful of tablets and was only a minor part of Nokia's plans (in the overall scope of things, understand). But now they've kinda bet the smartphone farm on Maemo. Their top-of-the-line flagship devices - which are phones too, not just tablets, meaning a much, much larger, freakin' HUGE market - are now committed to run and so are dependent on Maemo. Surely Nokia realizes that If Maemo fails as their new smartphone OS, they may not have time to try again with another OS before competitors like Apple or Android have too much momentum to stop. Probably a good bet since Maemo 5 looks awesome.

So Maemo's overall quality, future development and software support are the key to Nokia's plans. And obviously, success on down the road depends on the continued goodwill, support and efforts of the Maemo community.

Now, do you really think that Nokia will let one friggin' carpetbagger from Apple come in and upset that applecart? (sorry) NO chance. The Maemo community is FAR more important to Nokia's plan than he is. If he rocks the good ship Maemo he'll fall overboard. Oops...he slipped on the deck...sharks...oooohhhnnnooo...

I'm gonna relax now and think about how much fun that N900 is gonna be...