Yes, I omitted it deliberately because things did not turn out as rosy as you and they paint. Copernicus has already addressed the important stuff, all I can do is add some random rant. What do you think will happen when someone receives some money he did not deserve? You do not need to think hard to answer that: he will squander it. We see that all the time with lottery winners or with spoilt children with 145 toys who receive a 146th. Something that does not cost you anything to get is not worth anything, simple as that. What happened in the UK? The banks received a hefty bailout from the taxpayer's money. Money the government did not have in the first place, thus plunging the country into an even deeper deficit than before. Did it teach the bank any humility? Did they use the money wisely? No, the first thing they did was to use it for huge bonuses for the top managers. Yes, the very people who got us into the mess in the first place were, instead of being punished, rewarded with my money. And it did not stop there. The banks, instead of humbly bowing to the public and thanking them for the bailout, only grew in arrogance and showed the public the middle finger. In other words, the bailout was a complete misfire. I do not believe that bailing out Jolla would achieve anything different. Their top management has already a proven history of arrogant behaviour, ignoring the public and its own community, not to mention wasting money including spending money that was meant for X on Y (just ask Dave999 and his favourite tablet). If a company lives and prospers, it's because it deserves to live and prosper. If it dies, it's because it deserves to die. A bailout does not change that.