[b]jsjohnsmith333777 wrote:[/b]
And it is true for Linux being the 2nd and 3rd world option but is it really a viable option? Its not a commercial product. More of a hobbyist platform. They need a commercial product that is still free.

Thats not true, Linux (+GNU etc) is very much a commercial product. It has major market shares in super computers, embedded systems, servers and smartphones etc. so to call it a hobbyist platform is so wrong even when talking desktops. Just check out redhat. One most note that theres difference between open source, free (fsf definition) and cost free.

I don't get your idea, don't see the profit. One can make a dedicated surfing machine just by turning of unused services/daemons etc.

Probably not the best example ( "within 10 seconds" ) but here is a link of fast booting Linux, a lot of the small lightweight ones are fast to:
http://xpud.org/ (http://www.tuxradar.com/content/xpud-ultra-fast-booting-linux-flavour)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Linux_distribution

Edit:

See also:
https://meego.com/
(previous moblin.org : http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/04/intel-aims-for-2-second-boot-time-with-moblin-linux-platform.ars)

http://www.splashtop.com/ (very much a commercial product!!)