I agree and for the same reasons. Google Wave is a great idea. At least they
should consider Open Sourcing it, as was their commitment...

-FT

On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Hemant Shah <[email protected]> wrote:

>  I just wrote a blog post making a case for Google Wave as a valuable
> platform for healthcare systems:
> http://proteme.org/blog/2010/google-wave-worth-saving-for-health-systems/
>
> I urge you to write similar posts on your own blogs or on other forums
> stating why you think Google Wave is worth saving.
>
>  Regards,
>
>
> Hemant
>
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> On 8/6/2010 12:26 PM, Hemant Shah wrote:
>
>
> Thanks for pointing out the problem with the petition. I had just accepted
> the defaults in creating the petition, which gives the duration of just one
> day (guess there are some causes that can be accomplished in a day). I am
> terribly sorry for this omission.
>
>  I have now changed the end date to allow everyone to show their support.
>
>  Please do not forget to forward the petition to your friends, user groups
> through Twitter, Buzz, Facebook etc.  I have included a draft message for
> your friends below. I have also included the code to include the gadget on
> your website/blog.
>
>  With your support and technical savvy, I am sure we can collect thousands
> of signatures.
>
>  - Hemant
>
>  -----------draft email -------------------------------->
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> I wanted to see if I could get your quick help. We just started a petition
> on Change.org titled "Save the Wave!", and would love your support. You can
> sign the petition in less than 30 seconds by clicking the link below:
>
> www.change.org/petitions/view/save_the_wave
>
> Thanks so much for the help!
>
>  {your name}
>
>  ------- Embed Gadget on your website/blog --------->
>
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> http://www.change.org/start_a_petition' target='_blank'><strong>Start a
> Petition &raquo;</strong></a></span><script type='text/JavaScript' src='
> http://www.change.org/widget_flash/SinglePetition/change_embed.js'></script><script>change_setup('300',
> '32072', '#1A3563')</script>
>
>  -------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Prasad Velagaleti <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> It says the time period to sign the petition has ended.
>>
>>
>>  Actually, I am wondering if Google hasnt thought of including wave in
>> "Google Me".
>> It would be a killer.
>>
>>  For eg :
>>
>>  1) Users login Google Me and should be provided a tab "Wave". If one
>> wants to schedule a trip or party or something, they could just add the
>> friends, add a map gadget and specify location.   They can even watch where
>> their friends are on the map using Google Latitude, if they are running
>> late.  (Android phones could come bundled with Latitude on by default)
>>
>>  The Wave when shared with the friends shows up in the activity feed.
>>
>>  2) Facebook feed is good, but there is no real-time aspect to it.
>> Imagine if in "Google Me", two friends are playing chess on Wave.  The other
>> friends can simply watch or suggest moves as the game progresses.  This is
>> much more interesting/captivating/entertaining instead of playing
>> "FarmVille" and letting friends know that you found a lonely cat.
>>
>>  Developers can build wave games using opensocial.
>>
>>  They can find enough usecases if they seriously think through it.
>>
>>  -Prasad
>>
>>  On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 3:47 AM, AkiRoss <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Aug 5, 9:02 pm, -TJ <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > I completely agree. But what should we do?
>>>
>>>  Maybe just starting a community site, like on google code, and start
>>> saving all the knowledge that may disappear when google shuts down
>>> wave at the end of the year.
>>> There are many resources and projects started which may become
>>> essential for continuing wave.
>>> What I think are the priorities:
>>> * start a community site for development and resources,
>>> * fix quickly any issue with the current protocols - if any - for both
>>> server and client, bugs are fixed with time
>>> * develop a server, as google didn't released any AFAIK (like
>>> http://code.google.com/p/pygowave-server/ can be a good start)
>>> * develop client API
>>>
>>> Clients will born as API get usable. I don't think that having a fully-
>>> featured web client is an immediate need. First of all, data sharing
>>> and framework pervasiveness is to be developed.
>>>
>>> Well, I've not much time to work on this, but I'll be glad to help.
>>>
>>> ~Aki
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