Office Live gets live...er
Looks like the Microsoft Office Live team is beginning to roll it out for a select few. Reading the three product descriptions, it looks like Office Live is going to be a little bit different than what I thought it was going to be. Here are the descriptions...

Office Live Basics: Create your own professional Web site in minutes! Microsoft Office Live Basics is the perfect way to get started on the Web. It features all the basics you need to create your first Web site, including free hosting, Web site statistics, personalized domain name, and e-mail addresses.
Office Live Collaboration: Microsoft Office Live Collaboration lets you store, share, and manage your everyday business information in one central online location.
Office Live Essentials: Get the essentials for establishing and managing your business online. Create your own Web site, access e-mail, share documents, and track projects — in or out of the office from almost any Internet-connected computer.

Seems a little 37signal-ish to me with the project tracking and the online coolaboration and all. The "step up" here is the whole "create your website, domain and manage the hosting" angle but is that over kill? Do they integrate it semalessly and make it easy as pie to manage? I don't know. Somebody will know soon but for now I'm keeping my apprehension.

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  ¶ 5:16 AM