Any GoogleWave'res?

[Rajinder Yadav]

Christopher Browne wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> I just got invited to GoogleWave, but I don't think I have a way to send out
>> invites. If I get any I will let the list know.
>>
>> If anyone is on GoogleWave already, you can add me at my email addy.
> 
> Done, and I've added you to a wave where there has been some
> discussion as to the usefulness of Wave.
> 
> A significant problem at this point is that Wave is, as a service, on
> the "lean end" of the so-called Network Effect.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect  The network is not
> valuable, at this point, because there are insufficient quantities of
> users.
> 
> Another problem that merits mention here is that, unlike with email,
> there is at this point only one way of participating in Wave, which is
> to connect to Google's servers, which makes it effectively proprietary
> (even if they're using some RFC-ish protocol).
> 
> If and when I can run
>   apt-get install wave-federation
> and some can run
>   yum install wave-federation
> and others
>   port-install wave-federation
> then that changes things substantially.
> 
> And that actually isn't quite the whole tale...  I'd also like to be
> able to do things like...
> 
> PKGS="wave-federation-server wave-federation-pgsql"
>    apt-get install $PKGS
> 
> PKGS="erlang-wave-server mnesia-federation-store"
>    apt-get install $PKGS
> 
> (Which imply some diversity in implementations of both service and
> data storage!)
> 
> There's an interesting guide from the Lifehacker folks:
> <http://completewaveguide.com/>  The first "chapter" has a pretty good
> characterization of what's weird about Wave.
> 
> I love the line "it's like Segway for email."  That implies a
> considerable risk of it being mostly just a curiosity...

Hi Christopher,

I noticed someone invited me/pulled me into a wave =P, thanks for clearing up 
the Wave convo for me and providing the link to the Network effect. Should be 
easier to follow the discussion.

I had to delete that stupid crazy-chief bot that was messing up all my posting, 
did you notice that bot? Anyways if I removed an actual person, please add him 
back, and also the emotion-icon bot?

-- 
Kind Regards,
Rajinder Yadav

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