[sirkneeland]

The market for a "pure Linux phone" (that is, !Android) is only so big.

In that limited size market, we will now further subdivide it between Ubuntu and Jolla.

I wish the two groups would at least seize on the opportunity to collaborate where possible (such as Qt apps)

[pekk]

MeeGo tried the kind of collaboration you mention and it failed horribly. Jolla can use some of the leftovers, but the point about the feasibility and usefulness of this kind of collaboration is already made.

At least one of these platforms needs to become technically viable and then gain traction. I don't think that imposing a broken MeeGo process in such early days is going to help either platform, it could well kill both and then Linux-phone enthusiasts are left with nothing.

It's not a bad thing for "Linux phone" to get multiple chances rather than just one. If one doesn't turn out well, at least all our eggs were not in that one basket.

If we are lucky enough that multiple Linux phone vendors get traction, then it is feasible they could collaborate on interoperability.

If either ever achieves enough market share to make it a zero-sum game between them (traversing some pretty steep barriers to entry left by incumbents), that's a good problem to have and the competition can encourage development for a little while until the issue is settled one way or the other.

Sniping at products which haven't even had a chance yet certainly is not going to help.

[pessimizer]

MeeGo tried that kind of collaboration with whom? There weren't any qualified partners. Who was shipping Linux phones?

[air]

MeeGo was the merge of Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo.

[pessimizer]

Merging isn't collaboration.