Pocket PC Thoughts: More On Live Mesh: The Sync Nirvana?

"Live Mesh is trying to solve a key user problem--how to mesh the desktop, mobile, and the Web for consumers and developers. For example, Live Mesh can provide core underlying infrastructure for synchronization, collaboration, and other services. "This does represent a pretty significant advance for Microsoft, bringing the Web to Windows and Windows to the Web and connecting them super-well," Treadwell said. I asked Treadwell if Live Mesh is designed as a core and pervasive layer for the Web, as Windows is for the desktop. "I don't think Live Mesh should be a required piece of technology, but we do view it as something that would enhance the user experience, with protocols that make it easy to connect with other services, such as Twitter." He went on to say that Live Mesh will enable a broad variety of usage scenarios, taking advantage of the standard Internet protocols."



Live Mesh fascinates me - but what fascinates me the most is how Microsoft can have a service in place such as FolderShare, yet still go ahead with developing Live Mesh. Although it's certainly obvious that Live Mesh is broader and deeper than FolderShare - or so I hear, because they're not giving out beta invites to anyone outside the USA (sheesh!). Live Mesh seems to touch on all aspects of sync - device to device, device to cloud, cloud to device, etc. If all the pieces come together, this could be an impressive solution.