maybe this is why i'm not getting it.

i do expect miracles and instant fixes. unlike the community developers, nokia has all the knowledge about MMS. they've implemented it over and over again. they know the theory (what's in the specs), they know what works in real life (quirks with carrier implementations - worldwide!), they have existing source code.

but it's good to read here that my above assumptions aren't valid for everyone and that people would love working on MMS just for the fun of it, no matter what Nokia does meanwhile. I must have underestimated this community... yet again.