We had an alternative. It was Maemo (spiritual predecessor to Sailfish) and was on a pretty good first device, the Nokia N900. This very same "we" engineering

We had an alternative. It was Maemo (spiritual predecessor to Sailfish) and was on a pretty good first device, the Nokia N900. This very same "we" engineering community chose to give all its mindshare and attention to Android at the time so this is basically the scenario we deserve.