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  • 04.23.08
    Windows Live Mesh Gets It Half Right on the go | Comments Off
    Live Mesh is the new cross-platform product from Microsoft that allows you to share you data and applications across the desktop, web and mobile platforms. We'll brush idly by the cheap shot that it's only available for Microsoft's platforms and look at their goals and whether or not the underlying philosophy is sound. Here is the Mesh value proposition in their words and evaluate them individually: "Unified Device Management" - enabling your devices to report into a common service, for status, for health, or to report their location. "Unified Data Management"- or the transparent synchronization of files, folders, documents & media, the bi-directional ...