I saw this report on PALM app development and its download status



In less than 30 days , they have more than 30 apps in the marketplace.

This makes me think how some ecosystems have a fast development cycle and ramp-up time to get apps delivered while some take a longer time. Which brings me to the subject of Maemo development platform being so hard (from what I read). Its this factor that has put me off from even starting to dabble in Maemo development - and that fact that I need to have a Linux machine to do it.

Earlier for QT and PyQT I remember I could develop either in Linux or on Windows, but with Maemo being so tied down to Scratchbox (and I cant even understand the intricacies of getting it built for the extras repository), this has been one major drawback I believe.

Is this a reason for Maemo apps being much more limited to a slower start and less volume of apps ? What does the community feel ?