Ok, one quick and last reply here (it's bed time in my time zone...): I agree with all of your point also. That is the sad side of it all: it's not black and white. However, I think sooner or later those commercial multinationals also someday will ease the restrictions. Problem is -as you wrote already- open source and closed platforms see eachother as the enemy. Harsh words are said every time again, on conferences, meetings and in the news from both sides. I think this is short minded, from either side. The truth lies -as always- somewhere in the middle.

What I said before: start some new platform in the spirit of maemo.org. But try to make it mixed from the beginning on. Have representatives from all closed source platforms in it also. Talk about eachothers visions, ideas, wishes. And I am quite sure the differences are not even so big. It's mainly being afraid of the Big Unknown of eachother. Keep in mind that all the big companies are also filled with people who are somehow also enthusiast about what they're doing.

Finally open up, start talking with eachother. I am quite sure 'something wonderful will happen'. Now I go sleep and dream about a good phone with a lot of available software :-)


Regards,

Ronald.