I really don't think any amount of money would have made a difference, with who was in charge. It just would have increased the scale of the failure. It's not like they didn't have opportunities ... Opera were on board initially, they had an MOU with HW. The partnership with STE was monumentally foolish, given that everyone knew there was going to be a schism between the two partners, and one or both parties would exit the SoC business. Announcing the big (completely non-existent) Sailfish Alliance and funding for it before there was anything in place. From the beginning they made some horrible decisions and eroded their credibility. Intially there was a lot of goodwill, both from the industry and community, but their decisions and how far behind the OS were put paid to most if not all of that. The tablet on an Intel platform was never going to lead them anywhere either, even if much of it was hugely subsidised by Intel.

It's surprising that Saarnio is still there ... either that he wants to be or is allowed to be. Making pathetic pleas on Twitter (which have rightfully not been well received) just incurs further damage to both the company and his reputation.