i concur, i must admit very sheepishly that i was becoming very despondent and even started looking into clear os, but my faith was restored big time with 8b7. i really look forward to the final release of 8. On behalf of all the institutions that i support with SME, all being under privileged or education, people that would never have the opportunity to have access to a simple thing like email if it wasn't for SME
i say thank you very much to the development teams.
2012 will bring good things