Say hello, wave goodbye
Both of you who use Google Wave will probably already know this, but Google is pulling the plug. Apparently Wave has not seen the uptake that was anticipated or needed to keep it viable. The company states that they don't know why it didn't strike a chord:
It's a very clever product. You never know why it didn't work.
Eric Schmidt, CEO Google
But…
Many people who tried Wave complained that it was too hard to use or that they did not understand why they would use it.
Maggie Shiels, technology reporter, BBC News
"It was just too ambitious of an idea for mainstream popularity," said MG Siegler of the technology blog TechCrunch.com told BBC News. "They were trying to do many things in a new way that people weren't accustomed to. And while it may it have been great as a productivity tool, I don't think Google pitched it well when they introduced it. "That said, it would have taken a long time for the idea to gain any kind of popularity."
Maggie Shiels, technology reporter, BBC News
Perhaps I'm just a cynical old curmudgeon, I speak as a minority of one, and I realise that some of you love Google's products so much that you'd have their babies, but I wonder how much of the problem is that people don't trust Google? I know I don't. I trust them even less than Microsoft and Apple.
Eric Schmidt himself has shown that he doesn't understand privacy concerns, so screw him. And he can keep his goddamn babies!