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A post­ing on Microsoft Watch by Joe Wil­cox: “10 Ways Microsoft Can Make Win­dows 7 Lucky” provides intriguing 10 things Microsoft can do to make the next ver­sion of Windows.

I per­son­ally know very little of what is going on in the Win­dows world, so it’s tough to com­ment on whether Joe is on the mark, or not.

How­ever, one point hit home for me:

8. Win­dows 7 must give much, through sync. Syn­chron­iz­a­tion is the other killer UI, and it’s essen­tial to ful­filling Ozzie’s mesh vis­ion. Win­dows 7 needs a syn­chron­iz­a­tion engine bound to the IP stack. This sync plat­form would become the hub for data exchange regard­less of format or ser­vice. It’s a tough chal­lenge and maybe even bey­ond Microsoft resources for Win­dows 7.

As the num­ber of devices grow: from iPhones to Intel Atom-based mini PCs, to laptops to multiple-core desktops: the concept of where our data lives needs to change. Roll on Data­port­ab­il­ity, Mesh­ing and Clouding.