I waited months for a reply (I didn't mind, I wasn't expecting one) - I was overjoyed. They aren't on general distribution on my site yet, I'm limited to 100 accounts. I've given it out to supporting members and bands so far, but plan to use up about 90, and keep a few spare incase I get any staff in future.
I haven't seen or heard anything about the MS offering. Not that I hate MS, I have a Windows Mobile - it's just I get uncomfortable and upset when I think about Hotmail. On that MS suck. I got Hotmail back when it was independant - when it came to MS ownership I was happy for a while... But not for long, they ruined it. I thought I'd be able to keep my Hotmail for life - I feel like that about Google now. In Google I trust heh.