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Originally Posted by MINKIN2 View Post
Maybe their asking for their sponsorship was a little too premature and the HF should have waited until Jolla have announced what they ARE like before approaching the subject?
I think this needs some clarification from the Board of HF. I mean prior to this open letter were there feelers sent out to Jolla or were there already (formal/informal) discussions with Jolla or its representatives?

It seems very strange that HF sends out an open letter and in less than a day Jolla have the response ready and posted... It seems like some discussion took place, HF didn't get a good response hence this open letter to show their efforts... Jolla's response seems a kop-out in all honesty; they wouldn't want to say a straight NO and see their main fan-base in this Community lost hence they posted a reply which most of their twitter/facebook fans won't really understand hence no PR-disaster for Jolla...


Edit: Maybe we need to look from Jolla's perspective too... What really are they going to get from HF? Other than goodwill nothing much so maybe that's why they feel their limited budget can be spent elsewhere... After all the Community is not a tangible asset of the HF so they can always get Community interest if they have something interesting... In pure business terms; Jolla must be thinking their dollar gets them zero tangible value hence no interest...


Edit 2: Another point though some above think the letter sounds very eloquent, let's be honest; doesn't it sound like pay us and we'll support you? HF is in no position currently to offer support as this is a Community.

Secondly, there were no proper details given of what exactly HF needs the money for. IMO a private email should have been sent along with the open letter to Jolla saying we need $X/mth to cover x,y,z which leads to the benefit of the Community. Your support would extend this benefit.

We need to remember HF is an entity set-up first and foremost to pay the bills and handle IPs so this should have been put in.

From Jolla's perspective they would see that HF is asking for support without specifying anything in detail so how would they say well can you tell us what you need the money exactly for?

Last edited by thedead1440; 2013-01-07 at 11:11.
 

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