I'm amazed that people are still maintaining the breathless hype about Google Wave. Look, if you have to make a comparison table, or write a book with the most frequently asked questions about it, or actually <i>convince me</i> that a piece of new technology is absolutely fantastic, then that technology isn't.<p>If it was fantastic, if it was disruptive, if it was the best thing since sliced bread, you wouldn't have to do this. All my friends would already be telling me about how fantastic it was. With Google Wave, all my friends said "meh" or "is this it?".<p>It might become awesome with a better client or a different client or different service sthat plug into it, but as long as it remains the way it is now, it is completely uninteresting. It's not news.<p>Another funny thing, this article compares Google Wave to services it explicitly distinguishes itself from. How about comparing it to other online collaboration tools that are actually in the same niche? Or would that turn out too negatively for Google Wave and spoil the hype?