One has to agree with TextRat,s summary of the last 6 months.

My concern for Nokia is that the deb based Meego device sounds like step 6 of 7, it actally kills all of the hard fought compatibility that Qt brings (ignoring that whole bunch of new classes coming down the line that start with M). As a part time Dev I find the whole packaging cycle very hard work, and non value add to the already extended test and code cycles due to constant platform changes.

If it were not for the lack of choice for an open source fanboy like me I would have succumbed to the dark side by now I suspect.

On the other hand I also now look at it like this. Its about the platform not the device. My 500 pounds every 18 months is donated to Nokia,s support of open source upstream efforts. The hardware just comes along for the ride. But I can see average Joe not "getting" this.