Open Mesh
April 24th, 2008
Looking at what Live Mesh it’s very easy to be wooed by what it promises, but is that strictly true?
BBC News has quite rightly run a story about the questions that every developer is asking themselves, is it really going to be totally open?
Just looking at Microsoft’s (or Micro$oft as ‘some’ people may say) track record and it doesn’t paint a pretty picture, so why is Live Mesh going to be any different?
Well personally I think Microsoft has learnt at least some lessons with it’s previous attempts to defacto internet king. Google has definitely put Microsoft in it’s place and in some ways showed how being even a little open with your users can have a profound impact on your revenue
So yeah, I too currently doubt the full openness of Live Mesh but lets at least give them some credit, their trying. When (I prefer if) they bring Live Mesh to the Mac that will be one giant leap in the right direction we all would like them to take.
To Openness!
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