I note that Darren Johnstone, the developer driving force behind Solution Canvas and the exemplar Office Live Partner solution Justia, is back to the blog.

Last time I spoke to Darren, he was very busy with a burgeoning order book for Sharepoint development for solution Canvas clients, so it is good to see that he has now had time to share his experiences of Justia's migration to Office Live 2.0. He's also drawn some conclusions about  how dev shops can protect IPR in templated Cloud-delivered solutions like Justia with the Windows Live ID client. As Darren so eloquently put it

...opens up the market to third part applications which use Office Live as a data store or extend it’s functionality in some way. I think there is a particular market here for Microsoft Office addins. It also provides a mechanism for providing IPR and revenue protection via external services

Whereas the Office Live Partner Directory is far from being a toolbox of business solutions meeting all the vertical industry needs of small businesses, it is starting to fill up with some interesting solutions for small businesses, which Microsoft partners are building into a viable business.

Office Live | Darren's SharePoint and .Net blog