Yes, that ejection crisis was embarrassingly premature.

Bwahahahahahah!!!!

Nice...

if you make coffee and drink it before it's ready, is that called premature percolation?

Yes.

Next question?

Interesting. The last I heard (a long, long time ago, sorry) you had decided you couldn't buy an N900 because of the economic situation.

And I didn't. I received a pre-production device at Amsterdam, and as I've noted several times in various areas, that one broke. Nokia was kind enough to replace it at no cost.

Our economic situation still sucks. Badly.

And i've been hunting nuknuk down ever since, as he had two.... no luck yet tex

I'm getting interesting responses from this LinkedIn question about Maemo: http://www.linkedin.com/answers/tech...27568-11119666

...especially the Microsoft solutions architect wanting an N900 as his next phone.

Well...

I was expecting something like today's Moblin+Maemo announcement but I had not really prepared myself for what that might mean to me personally. After all, my council term is coming due and I'd plan to run again to provide transition and bring some of my Maemo-oriented projects to conclusion.

Now, of course, the bulk of that work is pointless.

The good news is that MeeGo offers us an opportunity to leave some baggage behind and build something new with lessons learned. The bad news (besides the silly name IMO) is uncertainty. From a purely personal standpoint, that is: do I have any relevance in the MeeGo world?

I came into this community as a Nokia employee frustrated at the huge gap between the company and all of you. My number one goal was to build bridges. I didn't always succeed as i would have liked to and occasionally even worked against myself but I'd like to think my efforts provided some overall benefit.

With regards to MeeGo... do any of us carry over our legacies of leadership? In some cases it may be good to start from scratch, but it helps leaders and facilitators to have a clear path and decent support. That of course translates to community projects as well. What becomes of projects like Mer, for instance?

I am faced with far too many questions yet unanswered to know what *I* am to make of this. I'm sure the merger will benefit Nokia and Intel-- I just don't know what it will mean to many of the people.

Hopefully my post wedding jitters are for nothing...

Activism and Greeter programs and many other activities you do will be very valuable in Meego - we need to put a human face on the currently very technical goals of Meego and I think you're very valuable for that.