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I loved Wave, and what they gave away was a super unimpressive install process that you'd have to federate with other people anyway.

• MaxBarraclough 7y ago
  That strikes me as a nitpick. They gave away the code for what was previously a fully managed service. A smooth install process wasn't originally a goal. No sense biting the hand that feeds. If the world had wanted Wave, it would have lived on, rather than Apache eventually retiring it.
  • hobs 7y ago
    I guess you werent there, attempting to install the service that was shut down abruptly with barely/no documentation and no way to use it with anyone else?
    • MaxBarraclough 7y ago
      Ok, so they could have done a better job transitioning it to an Open Source project. I maintain that Google deserves credit for releasing and Freeing/Open Sourcing the source code. If the interest were there, the new maintainers could have handled repackaging and documenting.