Good post Monolithic,

Also have a look a D Wave where Mr Listman sits as a Director.

"Quantum computing is real. But it's also hard. So hard that only a few developers, usually trained in quantum physics, advanced mathematics, or most likely both, can actually work with the few quantum computers that exist. Now D-Wave, the Canadian company behind the quantum computer that Google and NASA have been testing since 2013, wants to make quantum computing a bit easier through the power of open source software."

https://www.wired.com/2017/01/d-wave-turns-open-source-democratize-quantum-computing/

Interesting stuff.