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Okay, now I'm curious...
11-25-2009, 08:46 PM
I got an invite to Google Wave from someone I'd never heard of called "izeas.gt". I'd've written it off as spam except the links looked
legit, and googling the guy's handle turns up an anime fan who appears to be working with Google code in some capacity.
So... is one of you proud contributors to this community "izeas.gt"? Or do I have a previously unsuspected fan out there who's just gifted me
with access to a Google beta?
ETA: I overlooked something during my first pass of investigation... "izeas.gt" seems to have something to do with TVTropes.
I think I'm going to take the chance. With my security measures, the worst I can get is Google saying, "What? No!" when I try the link.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
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Yes it does, but as it so happens, the invite was legit, and once I got into Wave, I received enough information to guess that izeas.gt was in fact Shay Guy.
To whom I say, thanks, it's cool.
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Well, that's the other side to Cloud Computing that doesn't get mentioned. When all your data is stored on other people's servers, what do you do
when that company is bought out by another, and the reason you set it up that way is fundamentally altered by the new guys?
Keep your data on your computer. It's safer.
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the shakedown as I understand it:
google acquires appjet (and with it etherpad)
google decides to shut down etherpad (because obviously wave is better). Old pads will remain online/editable, new pad creation is verboten
community raises a rather large fuss (they disagree that wave is better).
google responds by re-enabling all functionality of etherpad, begins process of open-sourcing the code.
Far from the mess it could have been.
What don't you like BA?
-Terry
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What I don't like is that Etherpad is still shutting down and there is no gaurantee that a suitable replacement will come.
Wave seems nice from what little I've heard of it, but what made Etherpad even nicer still was...
1) It does not require a log-in for the people you want to join in on the editing of a pad. You only needed a log-in to start a pad.
2) It is simple and easy to use - 100% intuitive. People who never used web apps before got the gist of it within seconds.
Wave has many more features and tools than Etherpad and requires log-ins for everyone. When you have writing partners that are reluctant at best to sign up for a new service and like to keep things simple, Etherpad was a Godsend.
