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DigitalPersona Dips Fingers (with Prints) into Linux Waters

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 27, 2007

“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…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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