Wednesday, 23. April 2008
MS Live Mesh = Replication for the Masses?04/24/2008 01:05 AM
Looks like the next foot has fallen...I had wondered what was next after seeing MS' Sync Framework because it seemed like Ray Ozzie's first influence on MS.
Check out the demos and tell me this isn't Ray Ozzie's Lotus Notes-like "replication for the masses" (Groove was the first attempt at it but people weren't willing to buy it; adoption cost doesn't seem to be an issue w/ Live Mesh). Live mesh is an interesting technology that's very consumer oriented but is also a development platform.
Unfortunately, it isn't business oriented yet because it has no mesh management for businesses or encryption of files (though the network traffic is SSL encrypted) or control of what is allowed from within a company's network (picture employees drag/dropping confidential files to friends so IT folks can't just glue shut USB ports any more in the name of "security" 
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