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Live Mesh is a cross-platform technology. Which means it could be used in conjunction with any platform, in theory including MacOS and Linux although Microsoft’s initial target is things like cell phones and PDAs. This would allow for the development of mirrored applications that would access common data types, which could be shared across these platforms, be they PCs or smart phones.

Live Mesh is a technology which:

• Basically caches everything you might want to access
• Keeps that information current and synchronized between devices
• Provides a way to manage the result.
• It is sync applied to almost everything.

Although it works perfectly in the above mentioned environments but it may not work in real-time communications where responses have to be done instantly.

There doesn’t appear to be a requirement that the data types in Live Mesh be Microsoft data types either, as the data-syncing capability appears to be just that. If applications are to be synchronized as well, they would need to be written to the new open Live Mesh APIs so they can be pushed down with the same service and utilize the same tools to provide seamless patching and updates.

But it should not be confused with “write once run everyplace” Java-like offering, so licensing could be an issue and applications would still need to run native to get the most benefit.

To conclude it can be said that Microsoft has really come of age and this new platform will definitely bring revolutionary changes in future development. Like the previous reinventions of the company, this one will result in major changes to a number of existing products and new offerings like this Live Mesh solution. But, in this instance, the focus on collaboration and interoperability should result in the biggest internal change in the company’s history.