Comments on: Google Failures of Epic Proportions http://www.devside.net/blog/google-failures-of-epic-proportions Linux, Windows, MacOS? Who cares. Just give me something that works! Sun, 5 Feb 2012 23:12:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kyle http://www.devside.net/blog/google-failures-of-epic-proportions/comment-page-1#comment-5633 Kyle Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:54:00 +0000 http://www.devside.net/blog/?p=145#comment-5633 Looks like you were spot on about Google Wave, it was put on death row a couple of months ago by Google. DC is pure evil! :) Looks like you were spot on about Google Wave, it was put on death row a couple of months ago by Google.

DC is pure evil! :)

]]> By: admin http://www.devside.net/blog/google-failures-of-epic-proportions/comment-page-1#comment-5530 admin Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:22:22 +0000 http://www.devside.net/blog/?p=145#comment-5530 <blockquote cite="#commentbody-5529"> <strong><a href="#comment-5529" rel="nofollow">jnjglick </a> :</strong><P>And what doesn’t it deliver that you think it should, especially since it’s in beta anyway?</P></blockquote> A) The hype surrounding it made it seem as if it was going to revolutionize the internet. Everyone played their role in this, both Google and the media. The truth is that Google Wave's primary function was/is as an internal collaboration tool for companies that are currently using email for this purpose. So you could definitely say Exchange was the MS product it was designed to kill (plus the rest of the relevant product line). Just search for 'exchange google wave'. The truth is no one thinks much of it anymore. It's only current purpose is to give small, medium size businesses another way to organize their collaborations. B) Slapping a beta label on something (for example on Gmail for 5+ years) is a cop out if you use that label as an excuse. Though I do understand it's still early and there are going to be problems.

jnjglick :

And what doesn’t it deliver that you think it should, especially since it’s in beta anyway?

A) The hype surrounding it made it seem as if it was going to revolutionize the internet. Everyone played their role in this, both Google and the media.

The truth is that Google Wave’s primary function was/is as an internal collaboration tool for companies that are currently using email for this purpose.

So you could definitely say Exchange was the MS product it was designed to kill (plus the rest of the relevant product line). Just search for ‘exchange google wave’.

The truth is no one thinks much of it anymore. It’s only current purpose is to give small, medium size businesses another way to organize their collaborations.

B) Slapping a beta label on something (for example on Gmail for 5+ years) is a cop out if you use that label as an excuse. Though I do understand it’s still early and there are going to be problems.

]]> By: jnjglick http://www.devside.net/blog/google-failures-of-epic-proportions/comment-page-1#comment-5529 jnjglick Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:52:26 +0000 http://www.devside.net/blog/?p=145#comment-5529 I couldn't say on most of these, but I'd like to know what your criteria is to determine whether something is a failure. GTalk for instance. Do you call it a failure just because it can't do everything and more than Live Messenger? And since when is Wave a "Google copy" of Exchange? And what doesn't it deliver that you think it should, especially since it's in beta anyway? I couldn’t say on most of these, but I’d like to know what your criteria is to determine whether something is a failure. GTalk for instance. Do you call it a failure just because it can’t do everything and more than Live Messenger? And since when is Wave a “Google copy” of Exchange? And what doesn’t it deliver that you think it should, especially since it’s in beta anyway?

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