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Re:Jolla’s Sailfish certified as Russian government’s first ... by tetromino_ on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @05:59PM (#13066928)
I suspect that the Russian government wants an OS it can trust for its official and military mobile devices, but realizes that the project is utterly hopeless unless the devices are also sold to consumers, to help pay for the R&D and ensure competitiveness with the market leaders.
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Re:Jolla’s Sailfish certified as Russian government’s first ... by ucaetano on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @07:51PM (#13067567)
Indeed, but it isn't just about being sold to consumers. Consumers have to buy it too. Both blackberry and windows phone were sold to consumers, as well as the fire phone. All 3 failed miserably.
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Re:Jolla’s Sailfish certified as Russian government’s first ... by jerbs on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @08:51PM (#13067786)
And blackberry really is a good example here, as the USG loved it and is a massive customer, but no one customer is able to keep an OS thriving
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Re:Jolla’s Sailfish certified as Russian government’s first ... by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @08:30PM (#13067716)
A big thing will be dependent on Russian companies supporting it. Bear in mind, Yandex is the chief of the online services land there, not Google. If Yandex is providing top notch apps and features on Sailfish, it's going to be appealing.
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