Intel and Taiwan Govt to open up Moblin development center
Intel has entered into an agreement with the Taiwanese government to open up a development center in Taiwan to further the Linux-based Moblin OS that was created by Intel to run on devices powered by the Intel Atom processor. Moblin is based on a Linux kernel, has a user interface, a browser, developer tools, and other resources which Intel will continue to develop and optimize as part of the agreement. They decided to locate the development center in Taiwan since this is really the area where netbooks first took off – notably from the likes of ASUS and Acer.
According to Intel CEO Paul Otellini:
“The hottest thing going on in the computer industry today is the netbook phenomenon, and it started in Taiwan,”
Linux has received a fair amount of attention and support in the netbook market primarily because there are limited options in utilizing Windows on the platform. Most companies have opted to use Windows XP Home Edition over Windows Vista primarily due to Vista’s higher resource requirements. Yet with Windows XP slated for retirement, many vendors are left with limited choices. Thus Linux, being free and lighter weight has become a popular alternative for the netbook market.The new Moblin development center will open up in December.
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