And as for the commercial app developer draw people talked about - it won't happen, not in the way you visualize. A lot of people want the SAME developers who are devoted to a business model NOT present on Maemo to come over and develop for it. That won't happen. Many draw the conclusion that this means niche devices and markets, but this is not necessarily true. The point is you have to spread ALTERNATIVE BUSINESS CONCEPTS of how to monetize on Maemo, which DO exist. Currently users are mindblocked on the Almighty Appstore and see that as the only possible way of commercial development (and the developers there the only mindshare to capture).

Maemo CAN do something revolutionary with regard how business is done on mobile app development. But lock it in a Appstore lookalike and you are suddenly no different than any other manufacturer trying to make it's own App-me-too-store.