[LINK] Microsoft Live Mesh
Jan Whitaker
jwhit at melbpc.org.au
Thu Apr 24 09:22:25 AEST 2008
At 09:00 AM 24/04/2008, Stilgherrian wrote:
>Both reactions are necessary to provide a balanced response to a new
>technology. How to we get them to meet?
How about a mashup of Link and the other group where guided
questioning and hopefully some open minds exchange ideas? I know! How
about a summit! LOL
I'm only half joking. The range of attitudes, values, and
interpretations are important when something new is proposed. Being
too accepting is just as unhelpful as being too dismissive. The
Goldilocks approach should be taken.
The trouble with MS efforts like this is that soooo much suspicion is
out there already, that any major change is going to be strongly
questioned, if not outright resisted.
Personal example. I wanted to load a freeware program on Tuesday that
looked interesting. Before it would work, I was advised I need .NET
framework. I had no idea what that was. Fortunately, I was at a
computer club interest group and could ask. My initial concern, that
it was another MS snooping control method, was pretty much answered,
but then I found out it was a 200mb bloatware set of programs! My
response then was what planet do these developers live on? That is
just nuts, broadband for access or not. One of the guys had a copy of
the latest and gave me a copy, but I still haven't loaded it until I
do a bit more research about what it really is.
As for Live Mesh, no way am I going to put my data on some machine
elsewhere in order to use the apps. Granted, I put a lot of stuff out
there on blogs and mailing lists, but NOT for general public abuse
with no control or holus bolus permissions for the extent of MS ToS
presumably sets out. There will be lots of people who will do it, not
realising what they have signed up for, just because of the cool
factor, someone else's storage cost, and 'mobile access'. La di da. I
can also put files on a subscribed server under my control without
those 'open' qualities. The difference of uptake: Brand pervasiveness.
Jan
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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