I need to see a demo of this thing, because MOSS for external facing sites has, in my experience, been a pretty ridiculous undertaking.
Microsoft has huge plans for SharePoint to break down the silos between the enterprise and the web (which includes the cloud). That’s right, even though their original intention for SharePoint was not for externally based websites, they have now embraced the Internet and are offering SharePoint 2010 as a single platform for your Intranet and Internet needs.
To help, they have added two new SKUs to SharePoint 2010:
* SharePoint for Internet Sites Standard: Rizzo told us that Microsoft was astounded by the adoption of SharePoint for Internet websites. They believed they had a great solution for high-end websites but at a price point that SMBs could take on. SharePoint for Internet Sites Standard is the standard on premise version.
* SharePoint Online for the Web: This is similar to SharePoint Online that exists today, but it’s for internet websites. It will have both dedicated and SaaS versions, with an emphasis on shared hosting to keep costs down for SMBs.
via SharePoint 2010 Breaks Down Silos Between Enterprise and the Web.
Meanwhile, MOSS was supposed to do that to begin with, no?
You’ll notice the lack of “Office” in the name of the product. That is not accidental or casual. I guess the Office Team at MS wasn’t that good at managing server software. Either that, or it’s just a paradigm shift for the Product Owners (how many must there be?).
SharePoint 2010 is supposed to be the real deal, as is Windows 7, but I have yet to be convinced or see enough to know if this is not just more of the same.
I am looking forward to my first SharePoint 2010 implementation. I really want to like that product but just cannot get behind MOSS and root for the likes of Alfresco. If all goes according to plan, I hope to be involved in implementing SharePoint 2010 in Q1 of 2010. Kinda early, but let’s see… I don’t know enough about it to assess that risk 
Josh