Thursday, November 03, 2005 9:55 AM
BrianR
MSFT buys FolderShare
I've used Groove for a long time. But Groove's got issues, espcially with large sync'd folders. Recently, I was unable to keep syncing a folder on one of my boxes. Nothing would work. Can't relink it for nothing. And, I don't have time to pave this particular hard drive. So, I'd been longing for an alternative. I read on Scott Hanselman's blog [0] about FolderShare [1].
I bought the Pro Edition and LOVE IT.
Well today, I found out that MSFT is buying FolderShare [2] (also here [3]). On one hand it's cool. This means the sofware will be around for a while. On the other ahnd, there goes another nice ISV. Oh well, as long as my bits continue to work well, I'll be happy.
End of line.
[0] http://www.hanselman.com/blog/OverwhelmedAndEnamoredWithFolderShare.aspx
[1] http://www.foldershare.com/
[2] http://www.foldershare.com/info/company/aboutUs.php?
[3] http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?Symbol=US:MSFT&Feed=PR&Date=20051103&ID=5251087
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