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2015-09-09
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Originally Posted by sponka
You've beat me to it
Clown was Balmer, not Gates
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2015-09-09
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#63
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I have two theories about Marc's departure, but I do want to stress out that it is just speculation, so we should not jump to conclusions without statement from Marc himself. The two theories are:
OT:
It features monthly releases too. You should check it out
- Tighter investor control - the split to two companies (=killing the hardware division for those who didn't figure it out ) was quite logical, but it must have been a result of investors running out of patience. I think that this change wasn't the only one - Jolla is probably under a closer watch of investors since then and the lack of creative freedom could have driven Marc away.
- Sailfish 2.0 - it was created as a compromise, with no real design path, abandoning some design principles that were crucial to Marc - "no tiny buttons", and most importantly the single hand use. Especially if you're a left handed person, you cannot get into Events, unless you sacrifice going to the app switcher. And even for a right handed person, accessing events view is a stretch, not really following the single handed approach of Sailfish 1.x.
OT:
Originally Posted by benny1967
There is also LuneOS - I would take it as the second choice after SailfishOS for its multitasking capabilities and webOS legacy. I don't really like what it's based on (Yocto - embedded Linux platform), but it uses the technologies we know from SailfishOS:
Sailfish does a very good job at this ATM, but even if they fail and there's no community to keep up the work, there's still Ubuntu as a second choice. No reason to panic.
- libhybris
- Linux 3.x
- Wayland
- Qt 5.4
It features monthly releases too. You should check it out
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2015-09-09
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Hm, I don't like this news at all. There must have been some nasty quarrels in the board with Piemaki and Dillon gone in a short period. I'm actually triggered by the lack of transparency (Transparency, Respect, Passion, Love) when he left and even now. Google "Dillon Jolla" and LinkedIn will show "May 2013 – July 2015" so they really took their time bringing the news.
Hopefully Eineheminlampi will cheer us up a bit, being a people powered platform
Last edited by rob_kouw; 2015-09-09 at 19:42.
Hopefully Eineheminlampi will cheer us up a bit, being a people powered platform
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Palm Treo -> N900 -> N9 -> Jolla -> SailfishX -> XA2
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2015-09-10
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#65
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Originally Posted by HtheB
True. But change is good. Microsoft without Ballmer, even better. Elop's gone from Microsoft... that's the best.
But Microsoft is not what it used to be...
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2015-09-10
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Originally Posted by m4r0v3r
Sorry, the competition is murderous: I am prepared to give yearly speech at Slush for free
so does that means theres a job vacancy? Time to brush up the old cv :P
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2015-09-10
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Guys,
there is another possibility which has not been considered, and that is : Mark is loaded - loaded with cash, that is!
I mean, he's attending startup events all over the place. Yesterday; next week wednesday, are two examples.
They are all focussed on mobile.
Perhaps he's looking for something?
there is another possibility which has not been considered, and that is : Mark is loaded - loaded with cash, that is!
I mean, he's attending startup events all over the place. Yesterday; next week wednesday, are two examples.
They are all focussed on mobile.
Perhaps he's looking for something?
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2015-09-10
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Originally Posted by tortoisedoc
Like, move to the islands and spend the rest of his life sipping mojito on the beach?
Perhaps he's looking for something?
That is possible, but such things are usually preceded by selling the company to a big shark.
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2015-09-10
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Originally Posted by pichlo
That is possible, but such things are usually preceded by selling the company to a big shark.
Doubt any enterpreneur in the startup-scene (to whom these events target to) has that type of cash...
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People have to understand it is not only one person working at a company. Second thing people changes job all the time.
But again, with/without Marc, I have said this some time now: I doubt Jolla survives 2016.
They did a great job and released a phone and soon a tablet. But the market is to damn hard compete on.
Hopefully they can sell sailfishos to fairphone....
Last edited by mikecomputing; 2015-09-09 at 17:04.