Since Splashtop first arrived, instant-on operating systems have been a big deal. The idea is that when you don’t want to deal with waiting for your computer to boot, you can simply enter the quick boot mode and be up and running in a few seconds with a basic Linux desktop. At this point though, every manufacturer that has joined in has created or licensed their own software. This is a natural thing to happen in happen in the beginning, but I expect that it will soon change.

As these technologies are first developed, it makes sense that each one is a little different from the others. After all, the software is usually dependent on specific hardware. Now that this instant-on technology has begun to mature and it is becoming a more common feature, the natural tendency should be towards a standard piece of software. This standard instant-on environment would, of course, have to support different hardware, but there is no reason that couldn’t happen.

With a standard instant-on OS, users would also not have to relearn it every time they get a new computer.

Similar to the way there were a large number of competeing operating systems early on and now there are only a few, I suspect that we will soon begin to see one vendor’s instant-on software spread and become the universal choice. Perhaps it will be Splashtop or perhaps it will be someone else, but it will almost certainly be someone.

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