Itf your looking for articles look at slashdot.org's achrive. But if I'm correct(I'd head to double check ) I belive the fine print say Micosoft payed for it. Also the configuration I believed was such that they would either cripple Linux or not optimize it liek they fine tuned NT. I could be wrong though...
Philip Thiem(my backsspace is current broken is please ec[Dxcuse the typoes[D[Ds )