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Jolla Tablet Refunds (latest developments)
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JulmaHerra
2015-11-20 , 08:44
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Tablet deliveries are IMO not that big thing financially when compared to cost of running the business. So, in that regard trying to cut costs by dropping Tablet altogether servers no purpose as it instantly destroys all the credibility Jolla has left as a company and with it goes their future. So, Tablet deliveries are a priority among other things, which are:
- closing the financial round, it certainly looks like there is difference of opinions about the strategy
- pushing the Intex-relationship forward as it's success is crucial in attracting other manufacturers
[speculation]Regarding investors, they seem to question Jolla's direction. There has been talk about open sourcing Sailfish OS but for some reason it has not advanced and judging from latest irc-meeting, they have not been in a position to make such decision without approval from investors and when the company is making ~€10m losses annually, it might be hard to convince them to "let's just give everything away for free!"-model. This is why they are suggesting a licensing scheme very similar to Qt, which would allow wide access for the people at the same time they could collect income from corporations willing to create devices based on Sailfish. But this is up to investors to decide and that agreement seems to be crucial for securing additional funding. I'm quite sure there is some serious discussion about the strategy, priorities, structure etc... currently Jolla is everything but sustainable and the direction has to change rather sooner than later.[/speculation]
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