maybe it's better the N900 successor (for which there isn't an official name yet...) gets a somewhat longer development cycle and eventually comes out more or less free of "birth defects".
despite its being a hacker phone, there is a surprising number of "noobs" who bought the N900 & if NOKIA gets it right, the successor might still get Maemo / MeeGo of the ground.
that's all that might be needed for others like LG or Samsung to jump wagon from ANDroid to MeeGo.

NOKIA knows how to make outstanding HW (N900, of course, but N8 or E7 are here to prove they STILL know) as SW wise.
and except for the 7710 ( which was a calamity by design ) i never had in over a dozen years using NOKIAs a phone that didn't do its job, the way it's supposed to. can't blame the N900 for problems resulting from external software, only, maybe, for the limited functionality of Maemo 5. but one has to admit that Maemo 5, WITHIN its limited functionality, works
let's hope Maemo 6 gets it right. and looking @ MeeGo's state right now, you have to admit there still is quite some work to be done

but i still use my N95 since over 4 yrs en i'm seriously wondering, in case the N900 successor comes w/out a physical keyboard, if a Symbian phone (w/ keyboard AND mSDHC slot) wouldn't be a better alternative... a N7 (E7 with mSDHC) would be perfect.