Intel aims for 2-second boot time with Moblin Linux platform

From Ars Technica -

Intel Open Source Technology Center director Imhad Sousou revealed at the Linux Collaboration Summit in San Francisco that his company plans to reduce the overall startup time of its Linux-based open source Moblin platform down to two seconds. Achieving this ambitious goal while still retaining the full software stack will be an important step for making Moblin an appropriate platform for embedded car computers and many other embedded applications where the software needs to be seamless and instantly accessible.

Intel clearly has high hopes for Moblin and an ambitious vision for the platform's future. But the real test will be the level of third-party involvement that converges around the Moblin project. If Intel can gain sufficient mindshare and build bridges with a large number of companies then Moblin has the potential to become the nexus of mobile Linux development.