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#118
Originally Posted by Rocketman View Post
My general feeling about Meego & QT is that Nokia is abandoning 5+ years of developing the Maemo OS, associated libraries, build tools, etc. and community infrastructure in favor of an ill-defined partnership with Intel & the potential for easier porting of apps between Meego & Symbian devices. They are imo starting over from scratch & alienating existing users and developers at a time when Maemo is starting to mature into one of the most robust operating systems for phones.
I feel very similar, imo they really had some momentum building with Maemo and, instead of picking the ball up and running with it, they threw it away. I hope Meego is installed on a lot of TVs, vending machines, and car radios because I can't see it gaining much marketshare in smartphones or netbooks, I will be more than happy to be served a slice of crow if I'm completely wrong, I suppose time will tell.