The Linux Journal’s Don Marti calls for a boycoot of hacksdmi.org, in a letter published at the Journal Web site. Why? “I will not participate in your organization’s plan to seize total control over recorded music away from the customer. I will not help test
programs or devices that violate privacy or interfere with the right of fair use.”

“What could be easier than buying a laptop pre-loaded and configured for
running Linux? How about a standalone, easy install CD that works on a
variety of laptop models? Tuxtops offers its latest innovation to the public
Monday, Sept. 18.” Read more of the press release at LinuxPR.

LinuxNews.com takes on an earlier report saying Linux isn’t ready for the Department of Defense.

From Upside.com’s Tech Insider column: “PaineWebber has reiterated its ‘attractive’ rating on Hewlett-Packard’s (HWP: -4.06, 106.94)
stock. The company update comes one day after HP formally announced the release of its
‘Superdome’ product — a high-end UNIX server. The new server comes with a unique utility
pricing strategy, a pay-per-use pricing model.” More from the Boston Globe.

The Boston Globe reports that no independent benchmarks exist for the Crusoe chip.

LinuxSolve, a developer of secure server appliances for
Internet infrastructure, announced today that it is has hired Louis Gervais as
the Company’s vice president of product development for its secure server
appliance line of products. More of the press release is at LinuxPR.

Linux Today announces, Evolution 0.5 “Salamander” the GNOME mailer, calendar, and address book application is out.

Linux PR: DashCenter, Inc., an Application Service Provider, today announced that it has selected network-attached storage appliances from VA Linux Systems, Inc. as the basis for DashCenter’s new storage-for-rent offering. (Full disclosure: NewsForge is owned by VA Linux.)

Winning over financial institutions is an important step in establishing the legitimacy of comparatively new companies such as San Francisco-based TurboLinux, a spokesman told CNET News.

Upside Today comments, although neither side appeared to draw much blood, the circumstances of the flare-up, which revolved around differing interpretations of the term “real-time Linux,” helped underline the growing importance of the young embedded Linux sector.