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	Ken-Young	2015-12-01 , 14:20
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Originally Posted by NokiaFanatic

Because I have been able to flash a Nexus 5 with Sailfish (most things worked), but not at all with Mer (although it's been a long time since I've tried).

But how does Jolla, the company with real employees who like being paid, survive in this scenario? If Sailfish is open sourced, and users just download it onto an ex-Android phone, where does Jolla get its money? If I were working at Jolla, I would not be attracted to schemes for saving Sailfish that did not include a clear revenue stream for Jolla.