In Sailfish struggles, a cautionary tale for alternative mobile OSes

With Android and iOS dominating the mobile operating system market, it's tough going for alternatives like Sailfish, now in survival mode as its maker, Jolla, moves to lay off a large part of its personnel.The first smartphone with the Linux-based OS shipped at the end of 2013. Adoption of Sailfish has been weak, however, and Jolla is selling only one smartphone model, via the company's website, for about US$303. It's a Jolla-branded phone, made by a third-party contract manufacturer. A tablet i