Agreed, a lot of people are maybe not going to win the nobel prize for anything anyday soon. However, you can apply the model and use it in different ways. Fact is, Nokia's poor strategy means that their devices are badly supported - not enough people using, not enough visibilty. I know it's open source and all that, but have a think about how many larger organisations have a hand in the smooth running of the N900 (adobe, mozilla)...

I'm thinking Flash 10.1 here - if N900 was plastered all over the place even half as much as a HTC handset then they would have no option but to upgrade it. As it stands, they look on these forums and think it's an insignificant number of Linux geeks and semi-tech early adopters who complain among themselves, so nobody gives a stuff about it. Pee off the Apple fanboys, and there would be hordes gathering in Sicilcon Valley to beg Lord Jobs to overturn his decision.

If the world ran on decisions based on merit rather than profitability it would be a much better place. Sadly, it doesn't. As far as I'm concerned, it's about using your brain to use the system to your ends without becoming a part of the machine.