• make an Express version available as a replacement of the Outlook Business Contact Manager (BCM)
• release the core shell (CRM without modules) as a "development" environment
• make CRM Live a ISV platform like XBox live by allowing to publish verticalizations/custom entities which CRM Live customers can buy

http://blogs.msdn.com/crm/archive/2007/12/17/microsoft-dynamics-crm-data-import.aspx

http://navintmicrosoftcrm.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-do-i-migrateimport-data-into.html

http://blogs.msdn.com/roberdan/archive/2008/07/04/italian-microsoft-sharepoint-conference-2008.aspx