I don't have any problem with people making strong cases to Nokia for opening the devices up more. As has already been noted, progress HAS been made on that front. But some of the posts take an "all or nothing tack" and sorry, that's going to meet with resistance.

Nokia is trying to make money off a commercial product while opening as much as they see fit to outside, open source development. There are other platforms out there with differing degrees of this approach or, alternatively, some form of closed system. Pick the platform that best suits your ideology, wants and needs.

If you like the Maemo concept enough to post passionately here in favor of it opening further, again, make a good case for it but omit the bashing. People will listen. Flavor your proposals with negativity and abject criticism... and they won't so much.