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If they are going to open source most/all of the code, isn't that even a stronger indicator that this was a talent acquisition?

• pavs 17y ago
  I don't think there was much doubt this was a talent acquisition. Google wave is fully open source too.
  • jshen 17y ago
    the client isn't open source is it?
    • pavs 17y ago
      By client you mean the browser you run to use Google wave?
      • cschep 17y ago
        Are you saying that gmail is "open source" then? hotmail? I think they are probably talking about the code your browser is executing.
        • pavs 17y ago
          Still not sure what he is referring as the client, the wave interface?
          • cmelbye 17y ago
            Yes, the Wave interface. The Wave interface acts as a client of the Wave protocol and servers they have running internally, hence his use of the word "client".
          • jshen 17y ago
            the code that produces and runs the web page that I see when I go to wave.google.com
    • cma 17y ago
      As remember from the early videos there is a limited client without some of the features (statistical spell checking) that is (or will be) available open-source.
    • cdibona 17y ago
      If you mean Wave, there is some code open sourced (syncronizer), and we're working on getting the rest out. Also, we have federation testing. You should join the dev list if you want to try it out. There are some neat non-google implemented wave servers based on the protocol docs we released earlier this year.
      • jshen 17y ago
        not the servers, the code that produces the web app I see at wave.google.com
        • cdibona 17y ago
          Actually, we intend to opensource the UI as well. So server + federation + syncronization + client ui.
  • netcan 17y ago
    Such an interesting relationship between those two sentences.