One thing you can take into consideration is that N900 has massive communities support. I install OpenWRT (a varient of Linux) in my unused Linksys router, turn it into a vpn gateway and dns server. N900 will also become what the communities like it to be, and that's the motivation behind Nokia making device as such.

Goners and whinners come and go, and leave nothing back to the world. If they said no, probably you may take a serious look to the opposite. XD