I did expect there was a certain amount of hyperbole to that statement, I'm just surprised to learn that any other OSes were running on nokia tablets.

Thanks for the pointers, I have more interesting reading to do!

I do know about the chroots, I wouldn't count them each as an OS as such, but they do certainly greatly extend the power of maemo.

As far as contributing back to the original topic, I'm frustrated at the half-hearted openess of maemo as well. Thankfully, it hasn't held me back from doing what I want with my n900, at least "yet". So in the day to day I'm happier with my phone than not.

Given that smartphones are pretty much just small portable computers with cellular modems, I'd like to see manufacturers start to release drivers and let people install the firmware that they like. I don't see that necessarily *happening*, it's just what I *want* .

Edit: I'm not hampered by the semi-openess because I use very little of the included nokia software. I'm pretty much the most boring person in the world, so I don't use the calendar (I don't have a schedule ). I don't use the email client. I do use the contacts but I haven't noticed any problems with contacts (knock on wood). I just use open source software I'm used to from my linux desktop and laptop usage.

99% of the time I'm ssh'ed into my phone, running tinyfugue, and telnetting out to MUD/MUSH. The rest of the time I'm running around like Gir from "Invader Zim", chanting "What's that do? what's that do?" while trying out new (to me) software in extras.