Comments on: On Live Mesh and Silverlight http://rwandering.net/2008/04/28/on-live-mesh-and-silverlight/ The blogged wandering of Robert W. Anderson Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:24:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Microsoft partner wants Live Mesh/Silverlight integration — Channel Marker http://rwandering.net/2008/04/28/on-live-mesh-and-silverlight/comment-page-1/#comment-161144 Microsoft partner wants Live Mesh/Silverlight integration — Channel Marker Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:11:21 +0000 http://rwandering.net/2008/04/28/on-live-mesh-and-silverlight/#comment-161144 [...] different devices and platforms. But Microsoft is still stressing how Live Mesh will work with Windows and Windows Mobile (even though it will be able to run on any device). And now that partner, Digipede Technologies CTO [...] [...] different devices and platforms. But Microsoft is still stressing how Live Mesh will work with Windows and Windows Mobile (even though it will be able to run on any device). And now that partner, Digipede Technologies CTO [...]

]]> By: Robert W. Anderson http://rwandering.net/2008/04/28/on-live-mesh-and-silverlight/comment-page-1/#comment-161104 Robert W. Anderson Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:38:38 +0000 http://rwandering.net/2008/04/28/on-live-mesh-and-silverlight/#comment-161104 Thanks for the comment, Joe. Yeah, there is that whole sandbox thing. But essentially runtimes need to be able to interface with their surrounding OS. The question is how much will the runtime enable a useful abstraction of a generic OS? In terms of synchronization, it seems like it would be fairly straightforward to support access to the underlying file system and contacts / calendar events. Of course, with the proper authorization by the user. Just like on my Blackberry. Thanks for the comment, Joe.

Yeah, there is that whole sandbox thing. But essentially runtimes need to be able to interface with their surrounding OS. The question is how much will the runtime enable a useful abstraction of a generic OS? In terms of synchronization, it seems like it would be fairly straightforward to support access to the underlying file system and contacts / calendar events. Of course, with the proper authorization by the user. Just like on my Blackberry.

]]> By: Joe http://rwandering.net/2008/04/28/on-live-mesh-and-silverlight/comment-page-1/#comment-161102 Joe Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:28:23 +0000 http://rwandering.net/2008/04/28/on-live-mesh-and-silverlight/#comment-161102 Yes, totally agree. I get the impression that this has as much to do with organizational structure than anything else. Microsoft is still very much a company of silos where each unit governs its own technology. There really isn't a pyramid structure that would see a more layered approach to the platform. That said, technically there would be problems implementing the mesh runtime in SL2.0. For a start you would need to break out of the sandbox. Yes, totally agree. I get the impression that this has as much to do with organizational structure than anything else. Microsoft is still very much a company of silos where each unit governs its own technology. There really isn’t a pyramid structure that would see a more layered approach to the platform.

That said, technically there would be problems implementing the mesh runtime in SL2.0. For a start you would need to break out of the sandbox.

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