https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/20/ibm_openpower_isa/
Basically, from what I read, this means that other companies can produce competing chips which implement the Power ISA, without requiring a license. It is more likely that the Sun will become a supernova than IBM would "open" the IBM z ISA. -- I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go into the library and read a good book -- Groucho Marx Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
