Kinda. In the main, a lot of the folks I chatted to had complaints or fears about something or another - be it the tools from developers (ie Qt) or 'the fact that Android has basically already taken over the markets MeeGo is aiming at' from sellers and journalists. So there are a lot of people still to be convinced. But it's early days and the jury is still out on a lot of this stuff, but lots of new developments like the community OBS going live definitely raised spirits There's now something to develop for! And I should also say that a lot of the complainers still believed MeeGo was the right way forward and there are ofcourse those who are excited by it

I think there is still a place for MeeGo. I like the idea of a single stack across a range of devices, based on opensource - and I hope MeeGo will be the vehicle that takes us there.

Personally I still enjoyed a great conference cos ofcourse I was hanging out more with the happy clappy maemo bunch No doom and gloom for me, I learned a lot and met some good folks, I'm very grateful for Intel and Nokia for putting on the conference and giving me the opportunity to do so *thumbs up*

Speaking of which, this handy bump gives me an excuse to post some photos from the Guinness Storehouse party inc the U2 tribute band mentioned in the article..


The U2 tribute band "Rattle and Hum"


Maemo council members Tim (timsamoff) in the middle and Andrew (Jaffa) on the left, with Tatiana (maemo live wallpapers app) and Andrew (wazd) on the right.


Council member RevdKathy (without the bears) after refusing to dance with me to the traiditonal band, letting loose with some rock movements the Quo army would be proud of


I also grabbed snap of Ash from MeegoExperts.com in the crowd bopping along to a bit of tribute rock

If I got any of these names wrong please:
a. blame the Guinness
b. lemme know to update