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NokiaFanatic	2015-12-01 , 10:55
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Originally Posted by billranton

This is the biggest lesson of the Jolla story. Openness is a very dangerous policy - it's great when everything's going well, but when things get tricky your customers will damn you if you tell them and damn you if you don't. #

The most disappointing thing for me here is that the age of the craftsman unassumingly making great things with skill and getting respect for it is gone. It's the age of the salesman now. It doesn't matter what may be best for *you*, because everyone's opinion matters, the customer is always right and the salesman is the best at massaging opinion. This is why the US is winning - and the Finnish psyche doesn't stand a chance.

Oh come on now, you can criticise Google and Apple for a lot, but there's more to their products than just salesmanship. Apple have excelled in selling what is undoubtedly a high quality product that is easy enough to use by the masses. Google have sold an open sourced product that has more power, customization and control for users. Both companies saw areas where they could compete and both did so successfully. Jolla on the other hand still don't have a clue what they are trying to do with Sailfish. We've seen so many changes in strategy it's beyond a joke. First they talked about cracking China, then they talked about doing hardware/software together, then they tried selling to mobile operators, then they tried to crack India - who knows what they will try next. Assuming they even get funding - if Jolla try to go it alone, they will fail again.

The Sailfish OS patient is close to death. If Jolla (or whoever takes it over) - then the only way to revive the patient won't be with minor tinkering, it's going to require a complete change. At this stage, there is very little to lose in opening sourcing Sailfish.