I think for Meego and open source software the annoucement of Nokia partnering exclusively with Microsoft spells bad things. For Nokia and their earnings.... I think Elop is right. They will bring the sinking ship back, at the cost of loyal customers, which will be more than made up for by the troves of people who don't even know Nokia currently exists.

I look forward to seeing the phones they produce, and look forward to WP7 maturing as a platform. Why? Becuase iOS and Andriod need competition, and no other platform has the money or dedication to make it happen. Intel seems to be continuing Meego, but for how long?

Nokia wields enough power to really make it a 3 man race. No other company could do that. This was from a business perspective a very well formed plan. From the side of innovation and open source thinking, it was a stab in the back.

Yet I think given time, and the fruit of this announcement, we could all possibly change our tune.

One thing is for sure. If you really want to support open-source like mindedness, when Nokia and Intel release Meego products, BUY THEM! Otherwise it will fade just like Maemo 5. (Which in my opinion was one of Nokia's biggest mistakes, they had a good thing with Maemo 5)

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