What we have here is a dream come true! Those of us that have spent years around Linux have been dreaming about a world were every hardware manufacturer cooperates to make a core Linux OS better rather than continue on the nightmare treadmill of proprietary OSs. Maemo's disadvantage is that it is exclusive to Nokia devices. Now, I don't know what the reasons for not making Maemo fully free are. But, in any case, synergy between Nokia and Intel has resulted in a completely free Linux based distro already supported by two of the largest hardware manufacturers in the world. That is going to catch the eye of many commercial software developers. They are going to see that maybe MeeGo is a platform that has legs and that will be around for the long haul. There was still too much uncertainty circulating about Maemo's prospects. This move is boost for true, standard based, mobile Linux.