I agree, it is confusing trying to sort all this out. I think they need a
chart or something as there seems to be so much overlap. I hate to use
something today that is being replaced by a new service in the not to
distant future.
Regards-Michael G.
"alien_brain" <alienbrain@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm really Glad you are working hard on that guys.
>
> You want my opinion:
>
> Basically what me (in the previous post), and davidacoder (here) are
> saying
> are:
> Why are there 3 different services (all 3 brilliant) under 3 different
> roofs ?
> I love the Skydrive  .. It's helping me a lot and the feedback to that I
> and many people have given.
> On the other hand, foldershare is awesome.
> Now that i came across Live Mesh and saw it's preview.. I think thats an
> awesome concept too.
>
> All these 3 services I've mentioned above all come under one Category
> which
> is Remote Storage and Access.
>
> My personal Question to you : Don't you think if all these 3 cool services
> were under one roof, they would be more clear and straightforward ?
>
> I admire your current work in trying to integrate Windows Live account to
> foldershare.com so that Windows live users can directly use foldershare
> without being able to create an account, but now i see Live Mesh and that
> sounds a bit too familiar. Hence I'm confused to what exactly would serve
> me
> better.
> IMO foldershare gets its benifit by making it really easy and nice GUI
> without. But there are extra features in MESH that tempts me too.
>
> Sorry for relating two different services ( maybe you people just work for
> foldershare, and have nothing to do with other services) but its just an
> honest Question and query .
>
>
>
> Thanks !
>
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> "Jeremy Epling [MSFT]" wrote:
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>> FolderShare is definitely here to stay and we want your feedback. We are
>> actively working on the next version of FolderShare and the service is
>> still
>> in Beta.
>>
>> Jeremy Epling
>> Lead Program Manager - Windows Live FolderShare
>>
>> "davidacoder" <davidacoder@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > could MS please clarify the relationship between the two? Live Mesh
>> > seems
>> > to do everything Foldershare does. So, are you actually still working
>> > on
>> > releasing Foldershare at some point in the future (it is still beta,
>> > right?), i.e. do you still want people to test it and give you
>> > feedback?
>> > Or will it be discontinued in any case, which would mean that those
>> > users
>> > that actually use it to help you guys finish it for a release can stop
>> > that now?
>> >
>> > I know that releasing plans is always difficult. BUT, I think there is
>> > quite a large user group by now around that is only sticking to
>> > Foldershare at this point because we believe that we can help you fix
>> > problems with it, NOT because we think that this is the best solution
>> > for
>> > synching right now. I am talking about the dedicated beta testers here.
>> > I
>> > would find it very unfair to let beta testers continue test
>> > Foldershare,
>> > when in case you knew already that there are no plans to release a
>> > final
>> > version of Foldershare.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Best,
>> > David
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