Before anything else...

Personally, I prefer bluntness above sweettalk just to avoid conflict, being crass above diplomatic when things need to get done and certain parts below the waist need to be kicked. Call it FUD, call it whatever you want, but at least people know where abill_uk stands. If I would feel that Nokia should be praised for what it's done, I'd disagree with abill_uk and just tell him that.

However;

As for the people stating it's nothing but FUD; Blame that on Nokia's poor, poor communication, not the community here. Or is there anyone here that would be willing to defend the statement that Nokia has done everything possible for it's N900 customers? If not, please allow people a different opinion than yours.

The way I read this post (Yes, you may call me naïve) this bloke here raises some legit questions about the future of a machine most of us really love. I do for sure and I find it hard to believe that someone who claims to own 5 of those machines would feel any differently.

So, you're not interested in rewiring schemes that abill_uk made up? Me neither, but guess what? Why would I tell him that? Others might be interested.

The legit question remains: What to do when Nokia fully stops support for this device? Will it die immediatly after that? Will the community be able to keep it alive? I don't know. But what I do know is this: For the first time in my life I have an interest in developing for mobile platforms. Basically because I have the coolest device at hand that is available on the market. I do not have any interest so far in Meego. I like Maemo, with it's flaws and only if there is no other way than to go Meego, I will do so. I have full confidence that if (and only if) people are sticking to their machines, a community driven device must be the consequence, as I have absolutely no, ahum, no confidence that such a drive will come from Nokia's side.

So, this discussion has been done over and over again? Could the people that state that, and state in the same breath that this is a useless discussion, please post the outcomes of these discussions? Yes, I've seen many threads raising these same questions as asked by the OP, but where are the answers?

PR1.2 is there, PR1.3 is unsure but Meego is as certain as it could possibly be. This is a good moment to press for answers...

/€ 0.02