The woes continue for Jolla, the Finnish producer of mobile devices and the Sailfish mobile operating system.
Tech.eu reports
The company just announced (PDF) that its latest financing round--which was scheduled to conclude at the end of this month--has been postponed indefinitely.
Jolla says it needs to "adjust its operations accordingly", which means it will temporarily lay off a big part of its staff, starting in December. The Helsinki-based company has also filed for a debt restructuring program in Finland to stay afloat.
[...] Reportedly, half of Jolla's 100 employees will be let go.
[...] Earlier this year, the company split in two, effectively separating (PDF) its software and licensing business from its mobile devices business.
Jolla says its Sailfish OS has "reached commercial maturity" and is ready to be licensed to commercial partners, primarily other device manufacturers.
[...] Antti Saarnio, chairman and co-founder of Jolla, [...] remains convinced that Sailfish OS is "worth fighting for" and believes Jolla can still become a profitable venture, hence the corporate restructuring program.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 22 2015, @07:49PM
What is the point of Sailfish OS? Why would anyone want a Linux-based operating system that's even more proprietary than Android? Sailfish OS doesn't seem to have any benefits to users, with respect to Android.
(Score: 4, Informative) by frojack on Sunday November 22 2015, @08:13PM
What is the point of Sailfish OS? Why would anyone want a Linux-based operating system that's even more proprietary than Android? Sailfish OS doesn't seem to have any benefits to users, with respect to Android.
The core OS is open source. Some of the applications are proprietary. You can see which parts in the color coded chart here: https://sailfishos.org/about/ [sailfishos.org]
Sailfish remains mostly open source, so it is not more proprietary than Android.
But Android's big failing is that it is very good at what it does, but it is a massive spyware bundle, for Google, the Manufacturers, the Carriers, and retailers.
Sailfish is supposed to be an alternative to that model. Privacy is the Sailfish principal attraction. How true that will prove to be remains to be seen.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 22 2015, @11:58PM
Yea, after blowing an evening or two trying to get wifi working on a laptop running Linux, the first thing I want to do is go through the pain of getting Linux working on a device that I use 7 x 24 for real work.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 23 2015, @06:04AM
Snapchap and facebook is not "real work".
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 23 2015, @06:41AM
SN has truly grown up! We even have the M$ shills now!