Mix '06 kicks off today (Monday March 20), and Windows Live looks to be very much "in the mix". Sanaz will be presenting on gadgets, and Scott Isaacs on AJAX, of course. Brad Adams will be presenting using Live Local to show off the Atlas Framework.

But the big news may be coming from a presentation by Ken Levy and Brian Arbogast: They'll be presenting The Windows Live Platform: Build Applications That Have Access to 400 Million Address Books, and 13 Billion Contacts!. Trevin promises platform announcements. Will we learn more about Imran's new job? About Betsy's? Will there be more? Sounds like the Windows Live platform is about to open up. How much, we'll soon find out.