qgil:
THANKS!...
i must say that you have proven that nokia actually cares about their customers. Not many other companies/brands communicate this closely with their userbase so its unique and beautiful that so many nokia employees attend these forums on such a regular basis sharing information... Right now theres alot of anger and heat here, but i think people will cool off pretty soon... Right now it seems that people think that Messias will come for everyone who have official Meego, but you have given some key answers to why we shouldnt worry that much.
i can start to see the reason why nokia employees are involved with the "Meego for N900" project.
Its because you want to make sure that we'll get full N900 hardware support and helping out with the parts that are "closed" (drivers, phoneapps, etc) for community developers

With that in mind im not worried the least, that we'll be able to enjoy a nice Meego experience in the future on our N900's.

Actually im sad that Nokia opted for Meego... Maemo is a wonderful OS, and as long as you will nourish Maemo with new drivers, improved graphics and even more reliability, i think Maemo will finally have such a strong and powerful backbone that the community can take over when product support finally ends.
Thats what will decide what happens to Maemo. Features are always nice, but when it comes down for survival of an already advanced operating system its all about speed, reliability and hardware support (drivers!).
It will give the community a opportunity to release applications that really can bring out the fullest of the hardware you have provided us with. Right now there seems to be some graphical issues in the GUI with dropped frames and V-Sync problems. If these issues get sorted out i doubt noone will feel left out with all the possibilities we have.

No other phone is even comparably as feature-rich hardwarewise or nearly as advanced as the Maemo makes the N900 right now.

Its sad that Maemo probably will see its last days with the N900. It doesnt feel right that the Maemo team will get abandoned after so many years since it really had/have much going for it, and i can see some clear direct advantages by having both Nokia (hardware) and Maemo (software) in the same country instead of outsourcing the whole software part somewhere else. Im very thankful for Nokias and Maemos pioneering work that have provided users with the most advanced mobile experience to date!

Thanks for all your hard work!