Free things can be good. But this society requires us to have money.
Without money, developers have less food, less motivation and less happy wives.

Some just have enough free time to share some things for free that's all.
or are geuninely nice, too rich already or have no wives. (or husbands?)

you are not even close.

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Then go and buy an S60 phone.Maemo is not like S60 at all. And never was intended too. You have this great community, that delivers great apps and not demand a cent. All they demand is the respect they deserve. And you still moan?

Well then buy a phone with DRM! And next time do research. I always knew that Maemo will never have a lot of apps. I always knew that not many developers will flock to Maemo. I always knew about this incredible community. I always knew about the many great developers in this community that would create apps and games for the N900. Maemo is all about open source (even though it has bits that are closed source). Most apps and games here are developed with the source being freely available. This means that anyone with enough knowledge can help or improve it.

You know what I didn't know about the N900, and is disappointing me a lot. The number of guys like you that do not do their research well and then moan about not getting what they want. For me the N900 is everything I hoped it would be. I do not even think about getting Android or Symbian.

If you wanted a commercial phone, you should have researched the N900 better. You would have known that there weren't many professional developers outside this community interested in the N900.

If you wanted a commercial phone in a money sucking world, the N900 wasn't for you. Here developers share their work mostly to get a thanks and respect, which they deserve.

People thinking like that are the reason the world is such a shitty place.

Please refrain from downloading ANY of the free software packages from the repositories - but I guess that won't be hard on you, since there's only bad quality software to be found there, anywhere.

(Not sure what you should google first: humanity, selflessness or Open Source)

Cmon guys, you don't have to turn into trolls to respond to trolls.

Give your best answer, keep your composure, and if the guy just turn into a troll don't follow him down there...

@OP: No need to be confrontative if you're honestly looking for answers here... take it easy...

Sorry, ysss, while of course you're right, people who spit on the very principles of humanity just do that to me. Capitalist "money is everything and everyone who does something for free is an idiot" swines should really refrain from posting in Open Source communities.

@Nath: Yeah, I'm just tired of all the flame wars.. it turns potentially good discussions sour and it turns decent men annoying (not you, Nath)...

I personaly have found that there has been a free open source alternative to most of the apps ive missed from previous devices.
In an attempt to keep this discusion civilised what are the apps you require? maybe someone could suggest an alternative, if not a nice polite (Request) thread could well result in the app you need being created.
I love my n900 and this community is its best resource.

I don't consider any of these "free". You pay one way or the other.

Don't get us wrong. It was an attempt to answer your question

And you don't have to study business to get the same conclusion as you. So... my answer and probably most of us agree. Yes, would be good to have an option for wider choice. But that actually is not question to us (open source community) but company behind this party, to get their system working to support this. Ave Ovi.