Agreed... But lets not forget that the same way Apple disrupted the industry with iPhone, Nokia has the same chance in doing so when M6 comes out... Everything is lining in this direction,Qt+Ovi, and IMHO they have a very good chance in regaining the lost ground when M6 eventually comes out. Of course, other vendors are not standing still and Nokia is taking forever to implement the changes... So everything better come out clean and fast.
Dunno if you saw, but there is a device in France, if I am not mistaken, that already uses Maemo. Modified UI but still... http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/o...hy-video-revi/
So no one actually knows how this will play out... Nokia mentioned that was caught by surprise with the amount of positive reaction about Maemo and I bet they are studying all the possibilities in broadening the installed base.
Google has advantage because of the deep pockets yes.. But that is not everything. Microsoft has even bigger and look the mess WinMo is right now. Empires rise and fall...
I read some posts about users also flocking out from Android development because of some dodgy restrictions...
If this Nexus One is, indeed, built by Google like many sources are saying this wont be seen as a good thing by its partners. Hmm, on the long run I see Maemo x Android...