Jul/090
Live Mesh – anything interesting?
Microsoft Live Mesh
These days it’s common to have several computers and how often is there a file on another of your computers which you are unable to access? There are several solutions for this: rsync, synctoy, dropbox to name a few. Each tool has it’s own strengths and limitations as well as platform requirements.
Today i stumbled upon a new service from Microsoft – Live Mesh and how to use it with Windows Home Server (Spackle: Windows Home Server + Live Mesh = Nice). Live Mesh is a synchronization service managed via a web interface where the computers included in the mesh are added. An application, or agent, are installed on each computer included in the mesh to enable file synchronization. Usually Microsofts products are strictly aimed a the Windows platform, so i was plesently suprised when i read that Live Mesh are available for Mac OS X as well as Windows.
Microsoft Live Mesh - File Synchronization
Live Mesh seems to share alot of similarities with dropbox, but will probably include more features since it’s a part of Live Services, a core in Microsofts cloud platform Azure.
So, does Live Mesh seems like an interesting product? Sure! I’ll add to my long list of applications and services to try out.