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Originally Posted by oldpmaguy View Post
I'm sorry to say, it's precisely that attitue that I am addressing. You know as well as I do that if Nokia was dependent on the Ovi store to promote the capabilities of the N900 - well, let's just say there wouldn't be much demand for the N900 . Maemo.org is it - the built-in application manager direcly links here.
Yes, and average users don't need to do more than open up the Application manager and see the applications right there. They don't need to browse any websites to see them and don't need to worry about where they come from.

Originally Posted by oldpmaguy View Post
Don't be so disingenuous about the relevance of TMO to the "average" user.
maemo.org is not a website intended to service average users, that means that there's going to be a lot of content here that isn't relevant to their interests.

Originally Posted by oldpmaguy View Post
Also, try to avoid the superior tone, while you're at it.
What superior tone?

Originally Posted by oldpmaguy View Post
It's that I was adressing, too, as being a disincentive to the typical user. There is nothing about "putting yourself in the deep end" by visiting the mainstay of information regarding the OS of your phone. This
http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/ is hardly a significant alternative, that I can see.
If you want the out-of-the-box experience, Talk isn't where you're going to end up. If you want something more, well, then it's probably worth preparing yourself to invest a bit more time and effort into the process.

Originally Posted by oldpmaguy View Post
Please forgive my misspelling/misrepresentation of the brand name - call it an understandable error. As to what you're trying to imply by invoking the seperation of Nokia and Maemo, I can't folllow - Nokia depends on Maemo to do a job for them, i.e. to produce an OS that will satisfy the customer and exploit the strengths of the hardware - so if that isn't a team effort, I don't know what is.
Maemo is not the same thing as maemo.org. maemo.org is the home of the Maemo Community, Maemo is the Nokia trademark that identifies their Linux software platform. Maemo is produced by Nokia.

It seems to me that your basic premise may be a bit flawed.
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