Jolla released their Android-free mobile Linux OS (Sailfish) on their own smartphones, “but has always intended to offer it to other manufacturers,” according to Silicon. The next Sailfish smartphone was the Inex Aqua Fish, and people with Sony Xperia phones can now also run Sailfish through the Sony Open Devices Program. But their next big customer is the nation of China. Mickeycaskill
quotes Silicon.
The Sailfish China Consortium has gained the exclusive rights and license to develop a Chinese operating system based on Sailfish. Russia is also using Sailfish to build a national mobile OS in a bid to reduce its reliance on Western technology and reduce the risk of foreign surveillance. Jolla claimed that there have been many attempts to build a national OS on Android but these had been unsuccessful because of Google’s control over the code.

One of the consortium’s investors claims “several” major Chinese companies are already interested in joining them, adding “I have been closely following Sailfish OS development, and seen many Chinese projects fail, while Jolla’s Sailfish OS has been steadily progressing. Sailfish OS is the only viable alternative for China.”

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Source: Slashdot – Jolla Sailfish Will Build A Google-Free Mobile OS For China