Thank you for that story and thank you for your contribution. I remember Live Mesh vividly and admit I found parts of it awkward. The functionality I used the most and thought was far ahead of its time was the ability to use Remote Desktop with any computer in the mesh. I often controlled my home computer from work.
While it was technically possible to use a dynamic dns + insecurely forward the RDP ports, LM mostly just worked(tm). It's possible to do this today as securely with something like Tailscale but Live Mesh included all of the batteries and none of the headache. RIP Live Mesh. Thanks again
Live Mesh also didn't require you to sync everything to the cloud, in contrast to offerings today. The cloud was just another optional target.
Edit: the best replacement I could find that still exists is "Resilio Sync"
I appreciate this--thanks!
Yes, I think the Tailscale-style connectivity was a big benefit of Live Mesh; I wish we had pushed it further.