One bitten, twice shy.

with Nokia I have been twice bitten - N810 (Diablo) and N900 (Fremantle) - and both a one device strategy and upgrade path with a dead end.

So with Meego I will go slow. Yes I know its open source - but that means nothing.

Zaurus (Qtopia) was partly open, Open Zaurus was fully open, openMoko was open - that still left me with dead end strategies.

I think I have put my faith too much into shifting experiments (which Meego certainly qualifies as as of now - its not a proven strategy). So I dont see how some people can foretell Meego as the end all be !l soluttion (and iPhone killer). Is it just because its open and not tied to any vendor ?
Sorry but I have seen open fail too. So unless Meego (and Nokia) can show some distinct advantage (and not just some new tricked up GUI), I dont see how a lineup of backing companies proves the first Meego device and strategy a success.
I have seen a lineup of linux based strategies fronting companies fail in getting there first hand.

PS : I hope and have belief that Meego can possibly succeed as it has a wider adoption - multi device strategy, BUT I wont naively accept at this point that its a winner. Such conjecture may be entertaining for some novice first time linux users or fanboys but not for a pragmatic outlook for a hardened linux based mobie user like myself.