"Tale as old as time--well, at least since 1991.
"Microsoft-centric vendor gets the idea from current and potential customers that this Linux thing is not such a bad idea. Said vendor checks out the biggest Linux distros out there and goes to work porting their flagship application to said distro and then makes a big announcement.
"The vendor, in this case, is DigitalPersona, Inc. But they didn't exactly follow the script..."