Re: IBM is Moving OpenPower Foundation To The Linux Foundation

On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 12:03:01 +1200, Peter Reutemann quoted:

> 'Perhaps most importantly, the company is open sourcing the Power
> Instruction Set Architecture (ISA). These are "the definitions
> developers use for ensuring hardware and software work together on
> Power," the company explained.'

So what was “open” about the OpenPower Foundation before this?

Some perceptive analysis here
<https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/20/ibm_openpower_isa/>,
suggesting that the rise of RISC-V might be a factor, as well as a way
to get round the current US-China trade/tariff tussle. Also:

    Finally, you cannot discount the Red Hat effect. Though IBM is no
    stranger to open-source software, perhaps its takeover of the Linux
    distro maker was a catalyst for, or part of, its decision to throw
    open, er, OpenPower, which was backed early on by Red Hat.
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