Re: Marc Dillon left Jolla
 

That's a really good idea. I think I'll do the same.

Re: Marc Dillon left Jolla
 

certainly there aren't too many good news this days and yes, it's said to be a temporarly layoff. That might be the end of jolla as we've known it so far, but that might not necessarily the end of sfos.

having a sailors name, i've to say that an overturn is no fatal wreckage. I had to swim back to catch my jolly-boat more than once and I allways made it and kept on sailing stronger than before!

Re: Marc Dillon left Jolla
 

You may be right. I lived through three waves of redundancies at a certain company in a span of two years and was caught in the fourth. The future did not look good and I predicted another wave in the next 6 months. I was wrong. There have been some restructurings and one or two individuals made redundant but no more big waves. The company is doing as strong as ever. Jolla may recover in a similar way. That is my secret (well, not any more :)) hope.

There is a difference though. In case of my ex employer, there was no big exodus of C?Os. That is the bit that worries me.

Re: Marc Dillon left Jolla
 

http://www.digitoday.fi/bisnes/2015/...n/201515350/66

Jolla will have debt restructuring. (more info soon on that Finnish link..)

Re: Marc Dillon left Jolla
 

anyways its no good to keep mourning and whining. If they make it - great! If they don't - live goes on.

I still hope for the first one, and if not I'm happy that I was a sailor and will be pleased everytime I use my jolla!

So I see the sign on the wall, but that doesn't change my attitude.

Re: Marc Dillon left Jolla
 

Here in English, the official Press release: https://jolla.com/wp-content/uploads...5_FINAL_61.pdf

Re: Marc Dillon left Jolla
 

To sadly continue with reporting on familiar faces leaving Jolla (even if not sure if temporary/permanently or voluntarity/involuntarily), the next in the row is Iekku Pylkkä as she announced her departure in a tweet less than half than hour ago.


Also, Carol Chen (cybette) posted this tweet at around the same time:

so it looks like she may have been the next.

Let's hope it's not permanent (there is some hope in Iekku's tweet), but let's thank them both for their work and wish them luck for their next projects/career/life nevertheless!

PS: Given how Iekku was moderating Thursday's Mer meeting and then scheduling the next one for this week, it looks like her departure came quite unexpected.

Re: Marc Dillon left Jolla
 

And there's sadly one additional person I missed.

On Friday, the Senior Designer at Jolla, Jaakko Roppola decided to leave Jolla. He is one of the fathers of the unique and beautiful SailfishOS UI, so his departure is very unfortunate (IMHO one of the best talents Jolla had). He even helped with some designs for 3rd party apps when developers approached him and he was always open to discussion about the UI.

Here are his tweets explaining the situation:




Again, thank you, Jaakko and let's hope your extraordinary designs will be seen in other projects in the future.


EDIT: The feeling when you try to contribute to the discussion with some valuable information so you write a post in an informative (sourced) and respectful manner, but then someone like Dave999 comes in...

Re: Marc Dillon left Jolla
 

Has anyone arrested Marc Dillon & Co yet? They could at least buy us a beer after this semiScam.

Is it ok for a company to use crowdfunding money to what ever. Can I say I will create a cheap android with top notch specs for $50 or whatever and then use the money for rent and personal tech?

Re: Marc Dillon left Jolla
 

Sorry, but I'm afraid you are taking this too far now...