This is true and as much as I like the project and am with the original commenter in terms of enthusiasm the statement might be slightly going in the wrong dire

This is true and as much as I like the project and am with the original commenter in terms of enthusiasm the statement might be slightly going in the wrong direction as there could be secrecy about hardware features as well. I think what our fellow hacker wants to point out though is the fact that there is a completely different culture around the openmoko project where tragedies like this would be a lot less likely to happen. Openmoko has less of momentum simply because there isn't as much money behind but still I would dare to say it might be almost a duty for the open (source) minded hacker to own one (EDIT: device, like the Neo Freerunner "GTA02") and hack around. For the sake of a new culture.