Scoble shows that he doesn't really see the problem MS has with Mesh:

The only good excuse I’ve heard so far why Microsoft Mesh isn’t interesting is “I hate Microsoft.”

The problem is fairly basic - and, based on their stealth announcement, I believe MS understands the same thing: this is the sort of net based extension of Microsoft technologies that would have been really interesting 5 years ago. Now? It's far less interesting, given the vastly more open nature of Amazon's service, and the existence of Google's platform.

Ultimately, this is a conservative offering aimed squarely at Microsoft's installed base. There's nothing wrong with that, and it might well help to retain that base in the "paying customer" column. It's hardly game changing though.

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