http://liveside.net/blogs/main/archive/2006/11/29/why-msn-live-search-is-losing-share-the-blog-conversation.aspx

Found this on Batelle's site. The author is right about those Live betas.
Have you EVER seen a bigger piece of non-functional junk than Windows Live Mail? I attempted.....to use it once..laughed out loud at how bad it was, and said 'nope. bye.'

Makes you wonder who does the QA.