Samsung interested in dumping Android and taking Nokia former MeeGo responsibilities

Some pretty insane rumors are floating around the internets right now. People who have spoken to MeeGoExperts and NetbookNews say that Samsung is looking to take over MeeGo development, which was originally lead by Nokia, but sadly progress has recently slowed to a crawl after the Finnish handset maker decided to focus on Windows Phone. The rumors go on to say that Samsung would stop selling Android devices at some point in the future since they are not too pleased with the legal issues that Google mobile operating system is currently facing.

That does not jive with what JK Shin, President of Samsung Mobiles Global Operations, said after Google purchased Motorola. Here is a bit of a refresher: "We welcome today news, which demonstrates Google deep commitment to defending Android, its partners, and the ecosystem."

Considering Samsung already develops their own mobile operating system, known as "bada", which by the way they do not license to anyone, why would they want to contribute to an open source project? MeeGo, as it appears on the Nokia N9, is gorgeous, but its not MeeGo, its Maemo 6 "Harmattan", which just so happens to be MeeGo compatible.