It's a shame they didn't opensource, IMHO failing to attract a share of Linux enthusiasts.
They should have worked out a viable business model with an open Sailfish.
It certainly didn't help that their phones aren't authorized to be sold for the US. That's probably a very big segment of the pro-Linux poweruser demographic...
I'd love to revive my N900. Do you have any recommendations about which OS to install on it these days?
Swordfish is great on a phone. The picture for Jolla looks different if you are not in the US speaking from an Android/iPhone centric point of view. There is really nobody else taking Linux on mobile this seriously.
I had high hopes for Jolla but I doubt they're really out of their financial troubles - they owe me a very expensive tablet, currently. By the time it's delivered it will be obsolete.