Uhhmm.... it seems that the lot that are frustrated by this merger are in the minority. Is it loyalty why the masses are in support or short sightedness why the minors don't support? I don't get why Maemo plus Moblin is such a good idea. They seem like two different platforms. I think we've all come to LOVE the look and feel that we get from Maemo. Isn't that going to be lost in the long streams of compromises that must take place trying to define a new concept "Meego". A couple of questions:
How much of Maemo really will be retained? Llook, feel, aesthetical concepts?
How long will it possibly take them to even strategically figure out this merger.

When is Nokia going to learn strategic moves?

The look and feel between Maemo 4 and Maemo 5 is almost completely different, save for the backend.

Intel and Nokia are merging their distros because they are not in the Linux distro business. There's also an excess of mobile platforms out there, and maintaining two competing platforms does neither any good.

Once Nokia has moved to MeeGo completely, they can focus on doing their platform/services thing.

I, for one, welcome our new MeeGo overlords and their ineptness in strategery.