A second key aspect of Sailfish, says Mr. Dylan, is it is open source. "If 80% of the world is running Android phones, then all the companies and ecosystems and devices are basically tied to one company strategy. "He says the operating system has native apps "in the thousands" but can also run Android ones.
Mr. Dylan sees Sailfish's next steps as working with chiefly Asian original design manufacturers, who make the modules mobile companies use. "You create devices now with modules and other companies do the integration," he says.