MeeGo also has a much broader set of target platforms along with some other fundamental philosophical differences. Android is exclusively a mobile OS and it div

MeeGo also has a much broader set of target platforms along with some other fundamental philosophical differences. Android is exclusively a mobile OS and it diverges significantly from a typical Linux install, whereas MeeGo is much more standard and can run normal applications without too much trickery, as I understand it. MeeGo could be very interesting. Every distribution doesn't need to have the goal of "crush Android, become #1 marketshare". MeeGo could even get there eventually, but I don't think that's ever been a priority for the Intel/Nokia team. And let's not forget that MeeGo was formed by combining Maemo and Moblin; both Intel and Nokia were working on the software independently before Elop sold out to his buddies at Microsoft, so there's not necessarily a reason to believe that Intel doesn't have an interest in continuing the project independently. There is still a lot of hope for MeeGo as far as I'm concerned. It'd be a shame if Intel dropped it merely because Nokia has become a Microsoft pawn and Android is going on to (at least short-term) dominance of the mobile phone market.