We're all frustrated by the long-standing Maemo pattern of Nokia building an OS for one device and dropping support later. This is thoroughly covered in other threads.

THIS thread is looking ahead to MeeGo. Will things get better going forward? Here's my hack analysis -- what are your thoughts?

Reasons for hope:
* Qt 4.6 hopefully means the new apps will keep on coming for a long time.
* A shared OS base hopefully means that bug fixes & enhancements to shared components will keep on coming for a long time.
* Openness & shared OS base will make it easier for community UXs.

Reasons for skepticism:
* The UX component might still be device-specific & thus subject to ROS.
* The fact that Harmattan is (IIUC) still using deb may mean that it's less compatible with other MeeGo "instances" and less likely to benefit. That makes me wonder if people worried about ROS should consider skipping Harmattan?
* Thwarted by closed hardware drivers??