I would like to think it's sarcasm?

After all, and as you said, Hardcore NIT fans complained about the the N900 not being a real NIT, and then the N9 not being a real NIT (like the N900!).....

Despite the move from Maemo to Maemo-Harmattan, and some grumbles, everyone here was pretty accepting of the change and where it was intended to go, with the end result being MeeGo.

Mer is essentially progression from Meego, but with a focus on being open in ways that Maemo and Meego never was, both in development and governance.

I find it hard to believe that people on this forum b*tching about Jolla posts either have no clue or simply no memory about the contribution made to Maemo and MeeGo by the very devs and people that are now working on Mer and SailfishOS.

This IS the logical progression and evolution of the Maemo OS as it was heading at Nokia before the burning platform announcement, but open to community involvement.

Enjoy your N900. It WILL die, and parts WILL run out, and then what will you do? Lament the fact there's no alternative? Wish that someone would release a handset to tinker on that isn't Android?