Yes it is but if they want to push it to become more consumer friendly then they'll also need to put in more work on it themselves I think.

I might be reading this completely the wrong way but isn't this a good thing for maemo? I mean to me it sounds like what they're doing is putting someone in charge of the nokia efforts to make it ready to be a consumer device. They'll still be working with the community and developers from all over the world.

What exactly is the downside?