Karl never made as much sense as Groucho.

As far as older theories, as was pointed out by Xenophon, economic progress relies on a division of labor. Volunteers may be great for guiding project requirements but I'd rather buy a house built by professionals.

If Meego is to be as successful as WebOS or Win 7 Mobile (much less Apple OS, Android, or Symbian) it needs to have professionals creating a professional, polished product. So far, no version of Maemo could really be considered more than beta code - stable but unfinished.

As a test bed for Symbian, this is no problem. On the other hand, if Meego is to be the replacement for Symbian as the world class smartphone OS, Nokia/Intel will relegate volunteers to non-core app development and their professionals will focus on the OS.

Which is fine with me. I don't buy a phone (or a tablet) to program it, I buy a phone to use it.