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posted by martyb on Wednesday July 08 2015, @08:25PM   Printer-friendly
from the 'holla'-or-'yolla'-or-'hoya'-or-??? dept.

Finland-based Jolla Oy, developer of the Linux-based Sailfish OS for mobile devices as well as the creator of their namesake Jolla Phone and the soon-to-be-released Jolla Tablet, have announced that it will be restructuring the company. As per their official press release [pdf], the company has placed former Chairman of Board Dr. Antti Saarnio as its new leader, while former CEO Tomi Pienimäki has been appointed to a position outside of the company.

The press release states that a new company will be created to continue their hardware business while Jolla Oy (referred to as Jolla Ltd. in the press release) will be focusing its attention solely toward developing and licensing Sailfish OS itself.


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  • (Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Wednesday July 08 2015, @08:35PM

    by Nerdfest (80) on Wednesday July 08 2015, @08:35PM (#206602)

    has been appointed to a position outside of the company

    That sounds like a nice way of saying "We got him a job as a Walmart greeter".

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday July 08 2015, @09:09PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Wednesday July 08 2015, @09:09PM (#206609)

    Many people would trade their jobs (or their Greek condo) in a heart beat for the opportunity to become Walmart greeter in Finland.
    Mostly people who don't live there yet, but still...

  • (Score: 3, Touché) by jmorris on Wednesday July 08 2015, @09:16PM

    by jmorris (4844) on Wednesday July 08 2015, @09:16PM (#206612)

    Yup, sounds like he was "promoted to customer." After all, customers are the most important thing of all.....