Because a marketing/business driven product has never failed before... Also wasn't this part of the newer Google that looked better and was primarily more prod

Because a marketing/business driven product has never failed before... Also wasn't this part of the newer Google that looked better and was primarily more product/marketing/suits driven like Buzz? If it was engineering culture that killed Wave, engineers are ok with failing to make something better or to analyze it. Later perfecting it for a solid product/system. I believe the product failed in the way they released it and that Google may have found the limit for how connected people want to be. Cool as it was, Wave seemed exhausting and we don't need to see people type each letter. Waves happen naturally on the web, twitter, facebook etc. Google hurried the response to that. I do believe many components will be reused on Google.me. Also I wonder if they have any issue with GWT now that they are being sued for Java licensing on Android.