Groklaw covered many articles about it (a true fixation), along with commentary. This whole affair helps shatter Microsoft's cases against Google (by proxy) -- cases that claim Google's results are unfair or not "neutral". "So if we were to read that some entity filed a complaint against Google with some regulatory body," writes Groklaw, "demanding that Google reveal its algorithms as one form of relief, and we learn that Microsoft is behind the entity in the shadows somewhere, what might that tell us? "So I guess it's official. Google's algorithms are better than Bing's. At least Microsoft seems to think so. Say, is this some kind of copyright violation? Trade dress? Violation of your privacy? Hmm. Deep thoughts begin..."