http://www.andyofniall.net/home/ http://www.andyofniall.net/the-wave-is-upon-us/#PageComment_7237 @qwandy Not really - possibly some of the technologies are the same, but XMPP only focuses on realtime chat. Google Wave incorporates a lot more features that make it more useful as an email replacement, and as a collaborative tool. Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:46:10 -0700 Andy http://www.andyofniall.net/the-wave-is-upon-us/#PageComment_7237 http://www.andyofniall.net/the-wave-is-upon-us/#PageComment_7236 I agree, I think it will be a big success and personally can't wait to get my hands on an account. Joel and I had a nice long discussion about it. He thinks that it wont take off in the corporate world, particularly in Law because the Law Societies are run by stubborn, set, 70year old white men who point blank refuse to change their ways. I hope that, in light of the recent crash, corporates will wake up and realise that they're going to have to move with the times and stop being terrified of technology in order to survive. That said, I think that the open source aspect of it will hopefully trump the general stubbornness of big business. Regardless, I'm super excited! Though I think I'm going to have to learn python and/or java if I want to keep up with where the internets are going... Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:53:22 -0700 Kelle http://www.andyofniall.net/the-wave-is-upon-us/#PageComment_7236 http://www.andyofniall.net/the-wave-is-upon-us/#PageComment_7235 It is basically XMPP, right? Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:41:28 -0700 qwandor http://www.andyofniall.net/the-wave-is-upon-us/#PageComment_7235