Rostelecom acquiring Votron, the majority owner in Jolla
asked 2018-02-06 20:22:41 +0300
Russian national operator Rostelecom has submitted to the federal competition watchdog an application for clearance of the acquisition of 75 percent in the companies Open Mobile Platform and Votron, reports Tdaily.ru. The companies develop the Sailfish OS. The watchdog plans to take a decision on the issue within a month.
Open Mobile Platform is the developer of the Sailfish Mobile OS Rus platform. Votron owns the majority stake in the Finnish company Jolla, the developer of Sailfish.
Link to the new item: https://www.telecompaper.com/news/rostelecom-plans-acquisition-of-sailfish-os--1230813
Mhm... Is this good news or bad news? Good news would be something like: A big company sees a lot of potential in SailfishOS, believes in its future and therefore wants to bring it under their control (to invest further in it, make it successful).
Bad news would be: Rostelecom buys the 2 for whatever other reasons and it's unclear whether or not they will continue Sailfish development at all. Or even worse: They buy them with the clear goal to end Sailfish development because for some reason, they see it as a threat for their own plans.
ossi1967 ( 2018-02-07 10:33:53 +0300 )editworse would be to acquire the team or code expect to have an easier implant control tool, spyware or i don't know what...
cemoi71 ( 2018-09-12 21:05:17 +0300 )edit