Chris Saad used to ask me questions about tech in enterprise due to my history (I've got the battle scars rolling out web2.0 at PwC), but he asked me after he wrote this post. So instead of telling him he's wrong by email (ironic given the topic), I'm going to shame him to the world!
Why Google Wave will take over ten years to turn into a trending wave
As I previously wrote when the news of Google's new technology was announced, there is a hidden detail Google hasn't announced to the world: it requires massive computational power to pull off. It doesn't take a brain to realise it either - anyone thats used a bloated Instant Messenger (like Lotus Same Time) probably understands this. All that rich media, group chat, real time - Jesus, how many fans are we going to need now to blow the steam generated by our computer processors? Mozilla pioneered tabbed browsing - and it's still trying to pioneer on the same idea - from your computer crashing when you have more than a few tabs open!
Don't get me wrong, Google Wave is phenonemol. But it's only the beginning. The f