I think the mention of the NMA and DAC was interesting. I'm not sure I'd even call it a taunt, since they did include the web addresses.
Having now finished FOBOS, I feel comfortable in saying it's not as bad as some here are making it out to be. Sure, it's not the classic Fallout we all love, but given the genre of gameplay, it does a decent job. What suprised me was how much Fallout setting it does use. For those who don't know, the story is basically what happened to the mutant army after Fallout 1. I found the story fairly reasonable, and enjoyed the cameo's of characters from Fallout 1. Also, unlike Fallout Tactics, the game did support the viability of different weapon types to the end of the game. The fact that I could use Power Fists, a plasma rifle, or a bozar like gun at the end was nice.
I want to also say something about the music, which has been criticized to no end. First, there is very little use of music in the game, so if you don't like the thrash metal style, you will hardly hear it anyway. The only time they use it is during the boss fights, and even then it just sounds like generic metal music. Second, the main title screen of the game uses a song much more in the style of traditional Fallout theme songs.
On the whole I came away thinking that at least someone or small part of the dev team on this game worked to make it as true to the Fallout PC titles as they could. There are bits and pieces here and there that are Fallout. It doesn't replace Fallout 3 or excuse what happened there, but it's not the "rape of the corpse of Fallout" that some have described it as.