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September 30, 2009
Google to Send Out 100,000 Wave Invites
Beginning tomorrow (September 30), Google will send out 100,000 invites to Google Wave. The product has received a lot of buzz, both for being innovative and not quite ready. Actually, Google admits it's not ready for prime time, which is one of the reasons why the invites are limited.
If you're not familiar, Google Wave is a collaborative tool that features real-time features. They're still working on features, including group definitions, draft mode and permissions.
Those who can expect an invite are developers who participated in an earlier preview, the first people to sign up for invites and select Google Apps customers.
Posted by Nathania Johnson on September 30, 2009 12:01 AM
Comments
Chris R September 30, 2009 12:16 PM
Cool I haven't came across it yet but hopefully everything works out for the best..
Chris Brown September 30, 2009 2:02 PM
Very exciting. I want to see for myself.
Carney Shegerian September 30, 2009 7:11 PM
It's not surprising Google are introducing Wave so cautiously. For this to work in a general release it has to be robust and, even with the months of sandbox development and testing, there's a long way to go. On top of that, Wave is so radically different from anything that's gone before, it's going to take time for developers and users to realize its full potential. I just hope there's the bandwidth to handle the realtime collab, something that ties in nicely with another of Google's mantras: make the web [i.e. the apps and browsers] more efficient.
I'm hoping for an invite. If I don't get one, so be it. Wavr will come to us all in 2010.
vibaku October 1, 2009 4:04 AM
Funny, this is my first time hearing about this, so I don't think I will be getting an invitation.
I am still a little weird about using social networking sites and this seems to be a giant, inflated social networking site.