dep wrote:

> i have no doubt. but i live and work in the present, and mer currently has
> nothing to offer me. sailfish 3 is supposed to come along this fall, but
> as far as i can see it is basically a linux distribution capable of
> running android applications, and if i wanted that i'd just use android.

No, you've got it wrong. Mer is open source project. The android engine is
not part of Mer.
I think you write/do too much, but think too little. Opposite is better.
As an example if you live in the present, why would you use KDE :). IMO Mer
is better than KDE.

regards