"With the importance of open source and SDN, virtual switches, and open software stacks, the Linux Foundation has become highly relevant to the next-gen data center networking evolution."
https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/web-titans-and-open-source-projects-lead-data-center-networking-efforts/2017/03/
"Arpit Joshipura, GM for networking and orchestration at The Linux Foundation, discusses the organization’s reason for the merger, what the reaction has been from group members, what benefits those members should see from the ONAP initiative and how ONAP fits into The Linux Foundation’s other telecommunication industry focused efforts like OpenDaylight and Open Platform for Network Functions Virtualization."
http://www.rcrwireless.com/20170310/telecom-software/linux-foundation-onap-builds-on-open-source-ecomp-open-o-tag2
"Arpit Joshipura, GM for networking and orchestration at The Linux Foundation, discusses the organization’s reason for the merger, what the reaction has been from group members, what benefits those members should see from the ONAP initiative and how ONAP fits into The Linux Foundation’s other telecommunication industry focused efforts like OpenDaylight and Open Platform for Network Functions Virtualization."