So Intel has finally thrown in the towel on creating its own mobile platform based on Linux. Disguised, naturally, as a triumphant victory, uniting its Moblin product with Nokia's Maemo so that together they may go onwards to storm the bastions of Android and iPhone. But everyone can see that MeeGo, the combined offering, will really be Maemo with a few extra bells and whistles. Most imortantly from a developer viewpoint, the development API remains Maemo's Qt — which is absolutely right, there's nothing else as good around.
The name change is a shame though. "Maemo" feels vaguely Nordic with its echoes of Mimir, Aesir, Ymir and so on. MeeGo? Fresh out of the marketing department's paper shredder if you ask me. The best thing independent developers can do is ignore the name change and stick with calling it Maemo. Or, alternatively, I think I like the sound of "Haemogoblin".
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