Microsoft Live Mesh Overview - What Can We Expect?
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It's clear that Microsoft Live Mesh plans to redefine our way of life in the future and the whole process of how we imagine cross-platform applications. If something promises so much we should be able to define it briefly, so if you are asked tomorrow what Live Mesh is, you will be able to answer without presenting all of the properties of the project.
I think the best definition given that explains it simply and shortly belongs to Mary Jo Foley (at ZDNet) who said that the subject of this article is none other than
"A Software + Services platform for synchronization and collaboration."
Just when you think that we finally have some hard facts, I need to remind you that lately Microsoft tried to create a merger with Yahoo. That deal is said to be dead, but if it should come back to life, there is no telling what will happen with the project that Yahoo is working on which is similar to Live Mesh, namely the Yahoo! OS.
From many points of view, Mesh looks promising. When the 5 GB limit is removed, hosting services will suddenly face a huge threat to their existence. Live Mesh after all would be very practical to use for uploading information to a web site. Online email services such as Gmail and Yahoo made web users comfortable with storing information online. Microsoft's Live Mesh, if it works as advertised, seems like the next logical step.
Since Live Mesh is still in beta, however, this is simply speculation about the future, and remains a mystery. But don't wait for it to happen. Express your thoughts about this subject here on the blog, or even better on our friendly community at DevHardware Forums.
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