I was a fan of Nokia N9, I used it for a year and I absolutely loved it. It was ahead of its time that's for sure. BUT, I am not sure whether Meego would have

I was a fan of Nokia N9, I used it for a year and I absolutely loved it. It was ahead of its time that's for sure. BUT, I am not sure whether Meego would have been the better choice over Windows for Nokia. Creating a 3rd ecosystem requires more than having a better OS. If you check out Windows Phone reviews, it was also a very good OS. Windows was more cross-platform than Meego as well. It was ready for phones as well as tablets and wearables. And it is already the most popular OS on desktop. It was backed by the giant Microsoft with enormous resources as well as Nokia's resources. There were a lot of developers who were familiar with Windows development (C# + XAML) ...And despite all these advantages, even Windows couldn't become the 3rd ecosystem and thrown the towel after years. And the problem was not the OS itself, it was the lack of apps. Big names simply didn't bring their apps to a third platform. So I think Meego would have gone nowhere even if Nokia chose it over Windows. Of course we can't know for sure...