GNOME Foundation partners with Purism to support its efforts to build the Librem 5 smartphone

It's a goal that many people still believe is achievable despite the odds and history of failures. Can you blame them ? The main roadblock is not technical, it's getting enough people behind the project to support it until it's out of the door, marketing to sell enough units... and the large amount of luck required for any new business. As long as it looks attainable, people will try, and hopefully eventually succeed.