And in this aspect we agree completely... You can have the absolute best environment or tool in the world and render it useless if no one knows how to use it.

Documentation is very important.. and the Maemo Dev documentation seems very .. scattered, and incomplete.

For example I'm getting into the pyqt4 development.. and I have read the PySide and Pyqt4 wiki pages and what not, as well as the development wiki.. and yet I still use just random generic tutorials I find online on using pyqt4 for linux more than I do the Maemo stuff. I just try stuff and see what works and what doesn't.

I haven't done much C++-wise.. I cross-compiled a lot of software before and made small modifications to sources that wouldn't compile right.. but no full-on app development. I've read through it.. and I still think even in this arena a normal C++/QT dev tutorial is going to prove more useful than the current documentation we have .

But, as I said, it's definitely been improving.

To keep this on topic.. Roxio worked directly with Nokia on the Bounce Evolution project - so quite obviously they have a huge leap and understanding of the innerworkings of the device and the development structure because they were able to work with the source. So I can definitely see where his comment is coming from. Most developers aren't going to be so lucky.