Please defend this claim. y'know with some facts and not personal opinion.

I stand corrected. Seems the calendar feature in Live accounts is no longer a fee-for-service.

Microsoft supports Outlook 2003/2007 integration with Hotmail via their "Outlook Connector" plugin. Works fantastically, even synchs calendar data if you are paying them for the calendar features in your "Live" account. It's been around since 2006, and there were earlier incarnations under different names. more info: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102218231033.aspx

That's why real laptops (Thinkpads) come with trackpoint devices. :)