Compare it with a kids name is not the same thing, and if you think so all parents get suggestions from friends and family but their choice is their own. Same with mer. It's not a demand it's more a question on my limited view of the mer project from customers perspective..

What happens with Nemo? Only Sailfish left or do we have anyone else building cool stuff on mer?

Estel... Android and Linux? Worst example by far... It's probably illegal too.

Either way I think it's a great move and I'm sure it will happen sooner or later or jolla will fork it and run their own branch. (if the two entities survives)