No joke huh, I mean, I bought my N800 because I knew what it could and couldn't do, and it fit just right for me as a sysadmin, but it doesn't mean I have to stick with it.
If Nokia would be up front with it's plans for the N800, I would have a better time recommending it to other (non ubergeek) people. If they were up front, us geeks would stick with it for the long haul, and newcomers would be more apt to purchasing an N800 if they knew where it was going or what special plans were coming up around the bend.

Most geeks see something new and shiny and jump ship to purchase the "next best thing", but just think if we knew that our precious N800 can reinvent itself to become whatever the next big thing is. We would be more likely to stick around for a while and not say "ooh shiny" and jump ship.

Us N800 owners have already taken the plunge and purchased, so just continue to make us happy and let us know of the glorious things to come. The people who are on the fence about purchasing would probably purchase sooner and ride out the development cycles if they knew what this device can do right now, and what it will be capable of doing in the future.

Just my 2 cents.