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Originally Posted by Copernicus View Post
Hmm. I hate to say it, but yeah, with respect to Jolla's size (and aims), the amount gathered in the crowdfunding campaign is just that: insignificant.
Yeah, people very often underestimate the amount of resources that sustainable development of properly designed, stable, tested, documented and supported software takes.

Originally Posted by Copernicus View Post
Along with the associated ill-will, much as it may seem overwhelming right now. The tablet touches, at most, ten thousand users; but a truly successful phone rollout would potentially reach hundreds of thousands of users, perhaps even millions.
Please let me reiterate - you are basically advocating pissing of 10000 people, with large amount of them being right in your home country. Sorry, but that still does not sound like a good idea.

Especially if you ever want to get (another) licensing deal - "well, we did promise something to 10000 people who gave us their money but we had to use it for something else - oh but we will for sure keep all promises we have made for this deal!" - is not a good starting point IMHO.
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