How google wave was created
Inside the Google Headquarters:
Marketing/Finance Guy: Hey we need "live" search, its hot right now!
Tech Guy: Go buy twitter!
MG: Are you crazy we're in a recession, we don't have the money.
TG: Ok I have this old new-way-of-doing-email sideproject, that was
kind of "live".
MG: Great, can you make it even more "live"?
TG: (sarcastic) Well the users could see each other typing.
MG: (exited) Great! Make it so!
TG: (concerned) That would kill our server if we ever released it.
MG: Don't worry we wont release it, just prepare a demo.
TG: And if we eventually release it?
MG: We make it Open Source, so somebody else will run it and their
servers will crash.
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