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Originally Posted by nwerneck View Post
I know Maemo5's crazy effects wouldn't be possible on the N800 relatively modest hardware. But it is not so modest, and it can be improved in many ways that are not related to just increasing the processor power.

Don't get me wrong: I like Mer, I hope to start using it soon. The thing is: I don't want to be in the "Mer community". I don't want to see a separate "Maemo 5 community", "Mer community" and a "people-who-don't-know-they-are-dead community". It just adds up to the schism with the "770 community" that I don't even know much because I jumped in the boat in 2008. So much for a "Maemo" community, huh?

Will I really be able to use programs developed for Maemo 5 with Mer, or will it be always "a dirty little crazy hack" to use Maemo 5 programs? Will I always be having to check out if some bug in a program is a Mer problem before reporting as being a proper program bug? I am asking because I am afraid it might happen, that's my life experience... If it is being difficult to implement the Mer idea, I can only imagine it will be difficult to maintain.

What about Maemo 6? Will it create another community? The N900 people will be isolated? Will Mer be able to come again to the rescue of both the N900 users and N810?... I certainly hope so, I would like to help. But I don't feel much like it when I come to the forum and it's all about complaining about N900 delays. I'm on the other side, of the "old-time and left-in-the-cold" users, and I am calling my colleagues to unite and become stronger!...
There will always be those that attach some level of esteem to a platform that's no longer at the top of the heap. If efforts are made to bridge the gaps in platforms, then some won't feel left out at all. Given that Maemo 5 hasn't been on a purchasable and shipped device for but a few months at most, its only logical to feel that its getting *too much* attention.

If there are those with Maemo 2008 devices that have issues and solutions relating to how they are using or would like to use their devices, yes, they should continue to galvinze within that genre. But hoping that such a genre doesn't get drowned out by the latest-greatest isn't a correct perspective.

And yes, the same can happen with the move to Maemo 6. And it probably will depending on how many egos are stepped on by decsions made by those with a slightly different perspective and motivation than those who may be here.