I hate having to sit here and defend an entire concept from the piecemeal (and poor) arguments from people who don't quite know what they're talking about.

I can download the source, build, and install Android myself. Aside from a handful of drivers, how is that not open source?

Well, channeling GeneralAntilles it's because the community can't influence the direction of the project, but that's a debate to be had with those who aren't wholly uninformed as to what is going on.

Maemo was never a phone OS to start. Hell I probably fit right into the intended use case, I use few voice minutes but hammer my data connection. Is that the WRONG way to use it? Am I wrong (and you shut up, PradaBrada) for using it the way I do, which fits my purposes perfectly?

What sold me on it was the use of standard *nix technologies based on existing, active open source projects. Less reinvention of the wheel, focus on the UI (which has been done well) and not treating me like the enemy, which Apple (and most Android device manufacturers) do.

Something being open source has NOTHING to do with how a company like Nokia executes a product. NOTHING.