http://twitter.com/timacheson/status/20386969587

Google’s latest flop is especially embarrassing when the launch was so over-hyped, and so recent.

Google, like Apple, is trendy and overrated. Google led the way in search, and used the money to buy a few good companies. All the rest is hype and corporate propagadna.

What’s next? “Buzz” the “Twitter killer” [not]?

I just wanted to express that Google isn’t reinventing the wheel here. The true genius is that of the guys who pushed XMPP etc., the tech everyone is using to do such things as dropio, ours, squad, the list goes on. I’m just tired of Google claiming to have invented something, as with search… (please note the bitter cockiness)

But I think whether or not Google Wave, Maps/ Street View etc.. are ‘financial successes’ is besides the point… After all, whether or not they become nice little earners for Google is not the underlying reason for their existence I think. Admittedly, if Google Wave and the other products take off (financially) they’ll won’t complain but they achieve what matters most, and that is to keep the Google brand (primarily Search) in the public eye, whether directly or indirectly. With this in mind, the more products people use by Google, whether in addition to Google search or not just gives them more chance to pull people into their main bread winner at a later date which is all that matters.

StareClips.com: thanks for your response, now I’m thinking how people see them co-existing together in the future? That is Wave/ Google Docs and the Microsoft Office suite.

Thanks,

Ummm, it’s already happening. And, Google Wave has nothing to do with this. Google Docs already allows real-time collaboration on documents. Google Wave is just Google’s attempt to take this otherwise proprietary collaboration system… make it better… then open it up for all other collaboration systems to utilize… ultimately allowing cross-collaboration between competing products.

Many offices are already using Microsoft Office side-by-side with Google Docs. As those offices find themselves relying on Microsoft Office less and less, they have a new way to cut down on expenses rather than just laying off employees. This is most important in these difficult financial times.

Governments are already making the switch to Google Docs. Look at the LA City Council for an example.

Finally, many schools are moving in huge numbers away from Microsoft Office products to Google Docs. In the long run, it’s cheaper… and it offers more choices and less lock-in.

None of this has anything to do with Google Wave. Google Wave is still in its infancy. Google Wave is something which can eventually enhance existing Google Docs services… but those services already do just fine on their own without Wave.

We will be ready soon with a demo.

Sounds like a winner to me. I’m integrating it with my solution.