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#102
Originally Posted by qgil View Post
By the way, is someone really thinking MeeGo is "the enemy"? I wonder what provided Maemo that MeeGo can't provide at a community level. In fact the structural problems that concerned the Maemo community can be much better addressed an fixed in MeeGo (like depending from a single comany: in the near future if you like the MeeGo OS but not what you consider Nokia missteps you will be able to go for another vendor keeping intact your personal involvement in this community and project.
I wonder, is Nokia really happy with the thought that large portions of the community that was built up around their devices will have the chance to continue to contribute to an OS that Nokia has a large stake in, and enjoy that OS on a LG, Samsung, etc device?

Is Nokia really OK with saying to its' current customers: "We realize you don't trust us/ aren't happy with us / etc, (we don't understand why) but please enjoy this shiny new OS on a competitors device."

Doesn't sound like a good business strategy to me. It does indicate the root of the problem though, Nokia isn't concerned about current customers.
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