| text = '''Mer is ''not'' a Nokia project. It was started and is run by maemo.org community members.'''
}}
== Releases ==
Please visit http://www.merproject.org to learn more about these news.
If you want to download a Mer release - see [[Mer/Releases|Mer Releases]], latest is [[Mer/Releases/0.6|Mer 0.6]].
== Mission ==
We're hanging out on #mer on FreeNode IRC (irc.freenode.net) if you would like to discuss Mer (here's a [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=Mer web based IRC client])
Mer platform development will be done in the open, with public SCM repository, bugtrackers, and Wiki-based blueprint discussion.
We should stop seeing the tablets as strictly under-powered embedded systems, and see them for what they really are: powerful, power-efficient, economical handheld computers.
[[Category:Mer]]
Historically, the Mer platform came from a discussion on [[Maemo_Reconstructed|reconstructing Maemo]] and a desire to make a proof of concept system of the thoughts in this proposal (M-R PoC), which developed into Mer after realization that it was a viable direction of development.
== Get Involved ==
If you would like to participate in and contribute to Mer - participate in the [[Mer/Sprints|Mer Sprints]] - current one is [[Mer/Sprints/0.7|Mer Sprint 0.7]] and read the [[Mer/Documentation|Mer Documentation]]
=== Participants in Mer ===
(Please read the [[Mer/Sprints|Mer Sprints]] wiki page instead of editing this table, if you would like to participate)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Nickname
! Name
! Affiliation (employer) or occupation
! Since
! Location
! Areas of interest
|- style="background:LightBlue"
| [[User:Stskeeps|Stskeeps]] || Carsten V. Munk || Centre for Pervasive Healthcare, University of Aarhus. MSc. comp.sci. student || Beginning || Aarhus, Denmark || Community, genericity of mobile platform.
|- style="background:LightBlue"
| [[User:Jaffa|Jaffa]] || Andrew Flegg || Systems' architect || 2009-01-18 || UK || Upstream (Ubuntu/Maemo) compatibility, user-experience
|}
== Latest Activity ==
From [http://jaiku.com/channel/mer #mer on Jaiku]:
