I'm obviously not privy to Google's internal deliberations, but I've always thought that Wave was a great product - for people working in large institutions lik

I'm obviously not privy to Google's internal deliberations, but I've always thought that Wave was a great product - for people working in large institutions like Google. If I had to regularly collaborate with people in different offices, and with customers and suppliers, to keep track of a variety of project state and planning documents, Wave would be an excellent tool. Unfortunately, my colleagues are in the same room, and I already have other ways of communicating with my friends, so Wave isn't much good to me, and would probably never achieve mainstream success. It might have had a chance with corporations fed up with Outlook, though.