What's with the antagonistic response....

That's hardly unique in the Android world, you seem to have missed the point being made, perhaps that's my fault for not being clear enough initially.

You mean Mer & Nemo, the upstream projects for Sailfish? The overwhelming majority of that work is in-fact done by Jolla, it's not mostly pulled from elsewhere, not even close.
You're mistaken about the "UI component", Silica is open, they have said some core apps/components will be closed for the licensed version of Sailfish.

Are you seriously trying to compare those completely distinct code-bases (i.e. they're not building on them at all) with Android's?
A project which has had far more commercial momentum/backing, & way less speed-bumps, for 3yrs+ now...
The only advantage they take from Freemantle/Harmattan, is the experience of having done similar work, that's NOT the same (or even close) as the code advantage that Android OEM's start with.
And much of the work was NOT done by Nokia when it comes to MeeGo-proper, MeeGoCE was little more than a proof-of-concept when most resources were dropped in Q1 2011.
For all intents & purposes they have started from scratch, & in a properly organised fashion since only about Jan/Feb 2012.

I doubt very much there'll be a huge level of customisation beyond reference, way more resources already goes into the sw/infra side compared to the typical Android ODM.
Plus, if the "Other Half" is as innovative as they've alluded to, that in itself would suck-up a relatively large amt of resources for such a tiny co.
A fair bit may have gone into design/aesthetics/build-quality, perhaps not much more than your typical mid-tier Android ODM, time will tell.

It most certainly is, it's minuscule compared to the top 10 players in the Android sphere, heck most probably even the top 20.
For Android ODM's far less resources go into sw, much more of the legwork is done compared to Nemo/Sailfish ODM's, because it's shared so far/wide.
The biggest players are the ones that shift it forward most, there's some niche players doing some unique things, but they're by no means driving the bulk of it.
Jolla is handling the lion's share of work for Mer/Nemo/Sailfish, a tiny start-up compared to the biggest players (or even the middlings) in Android.

Let me summarize the last posts for you:

I don't think people have to wait for Sailfish(Jolla), if they want to support only the status-quo, & they appreciate what that means, then that's their right.

nah, i'll just buy an iphone.

I just did

Too Bad. Prepare to get punished!!!

One of the reasons is that today I was testing a new mobile website I did with a pretty heavy 360 touch controlled turntable effect. On the Galaxy Note (dual core 1.5) and latest chrome it stutters like hell while it's smooth on the 3yo iPhone4 1ghz singlecore, buttery on the Z10, and meh on the N9.

No one with some knowledge about mobile browsers using chrome(I hope). It's in constant beta stage.

here is the shipment ship. now which container has my t-shirt???

Your photoshopping skills are...
astonishing.