From b35e41450e0c2deb6de32f09c1d255bd99d95ef7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lkcl Date: Thu, 5 May 2022 16:30:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] --- openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn b/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn index 735c6c4d0..506fe00dc 100644 --- a/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn +++ b/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn @@ -130,3 +130,9 @@ candidates for further advancement are: make peace, and cross-license each other's patents, anyone wishing to use the x86 ISA need only look at Transmeta, SiS, the Vortex x86, and VIA EDEN processors, and see how they fared. +* s390, IBM's mainframe ISA. Nowhere near as well-known as x86 lawsuits, + but the 800lb Gorilla Syndrome seems not to have deterred one + particularly disingenuous group from performing illegal + Reverse-Engineering. + +*Of all of these, the only one with the most going for it is the Power ISA.* -- 2.30.2