I must admit that I am one of them so now I will stop and do:

sudo dd bs=4096 if=mg-handset-armv7nhl-n900-ce-testing-1.2.0.90.10.20110722.4.DE.2011-07-25.1-mmcblk0p.raw of=/dev/sdg

and test instead of sitting here

I thought that this is a chat room ... Ooh! This is a kindergarten...

N9 sale is probably very close to start "ummm..."

(1)
What's the big deal about closed source binaries for drivers?
That's very common for most big OSS projects....

(2)
Hang on, Qt comps from Harmattan are to be reusable in Vanilla MeeGo & vice-versa.
They remain proprietary, & devs who want to use them must "theme" them differently.
But it remains leverage-able for devs outside the device program...
This is to ensure consistency in UI/apps between the two platforms, going forward.

Does Google recruit developers to support the "stock Android" community.
Or do they rely on the sheer momentum of 3rd party initiatives...
To provide updates/fixes outside the limits of the handset maker's updates/support?
I believe it's a combo right....

Maemo/MeeGo can't leverage 3rd parties to anywhere near the same scale.
And they won't be able to for some time (if ever), until they get enough critical mass.
But that doesn't mean you don't start somewhere, and try to get that ball rolling

Nothing I've read indicates things are closed in such a way, that collaboration between Nokia/MeeGo can't work.
And increasingly continue to cross-pollinate one another, as (if) momentum builds
Sure it's not more open that Maemo (less so in some ways), but in practical terms it doesn't matter.
The MeeGo community can/are building mechanisms to ensure the 2 projects still bounce-off each other.

Having multiple personalities must be a helluva drug.

HAHAHA good one keep dreaming OK i have stirred you lot up enough now so over to you all to argue this out hahaha i am off....... got better things to do than talk nonsense

But at the official launch the N9 and 950 have the same cortex8 1ghz and also the Bluetooth 4.0.

I can understand the confusion with the bluepaper/patent pending Meego device with 4.0 bluetooth. Maybe the had prepered the N9 or 950 with 4.0 but later on finding that it was too expensive or whatever.

The cpu speed/processor-type will be the cortex8 with 1ghz clock speed - I see little reason why they would say something at the press conference and later on change the info. I can see it could be a funny marketing stunt but if Nokia would do something like that, it would make sence on a Windows Phone device - not on a device that Nokia already have said they wouldn't put too much effort in.

However I would LOVE an N9 with a 1.2ghz or even better a cortex9 cpu fx 1ghz. Topping it off with bluetooth 4.0 would be great
- but it see it highly unlikely

When was the "leaked" meego with bt 4.0 device from? It would be nice with another meego device

Great news! Bye bye...

Read from here to the last page to see where BT4 for N9 is at.
Basically still a big question mark, but still a possibility...

Meegousers.com did.

Difference between Nokia N9 and N950

That's a very old article, likely to have some out-of-date info.
That's an old post of gerbick's too (well... over 24hrs anyway)
Think this thread has already been mentioned: Nokia N950 vs Nokia N9