Intel and Novell have announced broad efforts to closely collaborate and encourage OEMs and ODMs (original design manufacturers) to adopt Moblin, an optimised open source Linux software platform to enable rich Internet experiences on Intel Atom processor-based netbooks and other mobile systems. Intel and Novell signed an agreement outlining their plans for collaboration. Novell also announced it will create a Moblin-based product for netbooks that it will market to a wide range of OEMs and ODMs. Additionally, Novell will establish Novell Open Labs in Taiwan to foster the adoption of Moblin and will work with the Taiwan Moblin Enabling Center (MEC), a joint effort of Intel and the Taiwan Institute for Information Industry, to validate designs for Moblin compliance.