Well, I may have asked that... Or I may have asked if a content qwerty12 adds enough extra value to the Maemo/MeeGo ecosystem, that someone in Nokia - and probably not a developer - should take some time to contact GA, qole, texrat and qwerty12 and boost their faith. I don't believe it takes a complete conversion to only open source components or guarantees of full corporate support to legacy devices to win them back. I believe Nokia should let them vent, listen to the venting, and then say "we can't do that, but what do you think if..."

Seriously, the main problem with Maemo as I see it, was never hardware or not even software. Surely not the open/closed ratio that is better than any other comperative phone ecosystem and does AFAIK improve over time, too. It's the feeling that Nokia isn't doing what they should be doing and what they are doing doesn't feel like what they should be doing. People clearly feel cheated, left behind, cut out of the loop, forgotten. I believe words alone can in fact, clear a lot of air here. I brought up the football fan club because like that, it truly is a lovers quarrel.

But, you can only smooth over ruffled feathers so many times. It's better to say "sorry, but this is the best we can do" than to let down again.

Me, I haven't been around long enough to feel as let down as qwerty12. But unless someone has a good and honest sit down with him, he's leaving soon.