> From: Owen Densmore <[email protected]> > Date: August 4, 2010 5:26:48 PM MDT > Subject: [sfx: Discuss] Slashdot | Google Kills Wave Development > > As we discussed in Steve and Josh's presentation about google I/O, google has > flaked out on Wave > > http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/08/04/2129201/Google-Kills-Wave-Development > > -- Owen
>From the sfx list, part of a discussion on The Google Way so to speak. >Basically they are pretty unpredictable, as shown by this killing the Google >Wave application. This appears to be the Google style .. at the Google I/O conference it was evident in the way groups at Google interact and collaborate: they are not attempting to "fit in" to a bigger picture, rather they are small independent efforts. This is important to many of us who would like to use Google tech. Google App Engine (GAE) for example is tempting, but at this point, I think it safe to say we should not risk a project with a client deliverable using GAE. Sad, 'cause its a good system. I think the android world has some of this. I think the android OS will succeed, but the individual handsets will lack the coherence iPhone users experience. I would like to use an android hand set that I though would evolve over time predictably, will "just get better" not different. Not a big deal for most mobile users, but I know moving to a new phone is often painful. More to the point, Google Storage, a new "invite only" storage system like amazon's S3, looks pretty nice, but after yet another death in the Google ecology, I'm wary. Sigh. Its a bit hard, I think, to see a list of Google projects that are still in beta. I was surprised to see Google Groups still there: http://groups-beta.google.com/googlegroups/overview.html -- Owen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
