I thought all the small boats on the big boats was for when the big one sinks...

If anything, it's an apt metaphor, except that the upper level Nokia execs remind me of the crew of the Titanic, blithely ignoring warnings of what is coming and standing confident that their ship can never be sunk.

This is why I'm happy that MeeGo is not -solely- a Nokia effort. Though I would also like it more were it not solely a Nokia/Intel effort (see SSSE3 requirement.) Their release style is screwy, the reasons for which I'll chalk up to "stupid corporate bureaucracy," but once it's out then we'll see how truly Open they intend to be.