Foldershare Getting Replaced with Windows Live Sync

Being a big fan of Foldershare, my ears immediately perked up when I read (courtesy of DownloadSquad) today that Microsoft is replacing (or possibly just renaming) Foldershare with “Windows Live Sync.” It sounds like they are adding a few new features and a new name, but not much else. I really hope they don’t replace it, I have a ton of folders shared with clients who prefer Foldershare to dealing with the IT hassles of creating an Internet-accessible File Server.  I am surprised they never made Foldershare the core of their new Mesh service, but I imagine within the next few months, we’ll likely see the death of Foldershare completely, or that it’ll take over for some components of Mesh. Either way, I’m glad I’ve been testing out alternatives lately, like NomaDesk (a writeup on that one is coming soon, but in some - it’s worth checking out for a virtual file server that doesn’t force every client PC to download the files every time they are updated).