Robert LeBlanc wrote:
> I've been thinking lately that if the Google Wave idea catches on, how it
> will affect top/bottom posting, thread hijacking, etc. It's kind of a clever
> idea, but it doesn't work with standard e-mail currently which is going to
> kill adoption. Although it still a year off from a real Google beta, I'm
> watching it closely as I'm interested to see how something so drastically
> different will be adopted. I don't have to remind you of what happened with
> Vista, can Google learn from Microsoft's mistakes? I'm not jumping on any
> bandwagons, but I'm going to enjoy being a spectator.

Isn't Google Wave going to replace e-mail?  Or at least integrate it?
So it's no worse than GMail, which definitely does a lot to promote
top-posting and doesn't thread conversations between more than two
people.  From what little I've seen Google Wave does a lot to promote
collaboration, but in a very informal way (kind of like social
networks).  It's a bit depressing.  Guess I'll go chase kids off my lawn.

E-mail may not need to be killed... It's doing a great job of dying
under the load of spam, top-posting and general societal lack of
civility.  Sigh.  A moment of silence for usenet anyone?

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