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Originally Posted by jalyst View Post
Maybe Jolla should try to setup small-scale grass-roots NFP distribution rings in all countries via their Maemo/MeeGo et al fans?
Until such time as big telcos/resellers & retailers start to bite, then they could get those rings to ease-off, so they don't diffuse interest.
To be more explanatory, I mean individual(s) or team(s) would sell dozens (possibly more) of the phones /month to the public.
This would be done on a informal basis, & all proceeds from sales would go back to Jolla, they would take no cut...*
I'm not sure of the legalities of this in my own country, let alone the many others, it may not even be possible to register as a NFP.

It probably only need be done in countries where big telcos/resellers & wholesalers/retailers are persistently showing 0 interest.
If there's 1x of each of the following showing interest: telco, telco_reseller, wholesaler, & retailer, then x country could be scratched.
I imagine this would be tricky to do, as you can't trust everyone to behave ethically, but, it might just help stimulate things in the right way.
I guess you could have a more commercial model, but I think that could get messier, & harder for Jolla to extricate itself from LT.

Thoughts?

*Jolla could also have a method for determining a quota of free phones it gives to devs/public in x country each mth for x period
Well to me it certainly seemed highly unlikely to be practical, crazy enough that it may just help in ways unforeseen.
But, judging by the sound of crickets here, I'm guessing the consensus is that it's a complete dead end...