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billranton	2015-11-26 , 13:44
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Originally Posted by NokiaFanatic

So you're saying this situation is all the fault of the investor? Would you not consider the investor's perspective in all this? i.e. the guts of $50M has went into Jolla since 2012 - going into 2016 the Sailfish user base is still tiny, there are no products in the pipeline, there is no plan as to how Sailfish can be commercially viable.

Clearly Jolla have worked hard, but Jolla as a commercial business entity has failed and failed pretty badly.

It's been caused by the investor, yes, and as I said I don't think any startup can reasonably anticipate that so I would blame the investor more than Jolla. Sailfish and Jolla are about two years in. $50m isn't a lot in this game. Every current mobile OS took way more than that, and Sailfish is very mature for its age. As others have said, there are products and partners in the pipeline.

The sales of the first phone were a failure, yes. But if you give up after your first failure then you don't deserve to succeed.

Originally Posted by NokiaFanatic

The question we ask from here is can Sailfish be kept going in a smaller, tighter ship? Personally, I think so.

Yes, and if they can keep the Intex deal in place then there's potential for growth afterwards.