Linux Today: random advertising or MS puppet?

[daou]

I've been reading IT news from Linux Today (http://www.linuxtoday.com/) for a while, but I just noticed a big ad on the right side of their page.

It's called "Linux Reference Center", sponsored by Microsoft. It has links to articles about MS server products. Some mention Linux and how it is inferior, other articles do not mention Linux at all (NOTE, MS OFFICE DOC LINK-->
Windows Server 2003 Case Study: The London Stock Exchange (http://www.devx.com/MicrosoftSC/Link/33007)).

Is this just a bad case of random advertising or is Linux Today somehow affiliated with MS?

[Ubunted]

It's been there for quite some time now, and in fact used to be much bigger.

Long story short, it's got nothing to do with the site itself and is a result of the deal with its parent media company and their advertising. Or so they say.