Jason Dunn
04-23-2008, 09:37 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.liveside.net/blogs/main/archive/2008/04/23/live-mesh-technology-preview-first-look.aspx' target='_blank'>http://www.liveside.net/blogs/main/...first-look.aspx</a><br /><br /></div><em>"So at 5 minutes after 9pm, I navigated to www.mesh.com, logged in with my Windows Live ID, and was off and running. First order of business (after accepting the terms), was to add a couple of devices and synch some folders. The download was 1.57mb and installed in less than 2 minutes, by unofficial count. After adding a laptop, I created a folder and, by right clicking on it, transformed it into a Live Mesh folder...Note that once the folder is a Live Mesh Folder, it turns blue (the Live Mesh guys like blue!) So now on to the laptop, where again, I added it to the mesh, and synched the folder I created."</em><br /><br /><img border="1" alt="" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com//dht/auto/1208982526.usr1.png" /><br /><br />I heard a little bit about Mesh at the recent MVP Summit, but I didn't realize it was going to be going to a limited public beta so quickly - <a target="_blank" href="http://www.liveside.net/blogs/main/archive/2008/04/23/live-mesh-technology-preview-first-look.aspx">this article has some of the basics</a>. Where does Mesh begin and FolderShare end? I haven't the foggiest idea - they seem like overlapping technologies in many ways. I guess we'll see! There's lots of great speculation <a href="http://www.liveside.net/blogs/opinion/archive/2008/04/23/live-mesh-boy-have-we-got-questions.aspx" target="_blank">in this article as well</a>.