Just a little over a year ago Google announced the death of for real time communication and collaboration, the Google Wave. What was once predicted to be the e-mail killer was eventually killed but came to resurrection through the Apache. However, a year after the said death and resurrection, Google has come to the decision of finally putting an end to the said product.
In a letter which Google Wave team sent out entitled, “Google Wave Sunsetting in 2012″, they explained:
Dear Wavers,
More than a year ago, we announced that Google Wave would no longer be developed as a separate product. At the time, we committed to maintaining the site at least through to the end of 2010. Today, we are sharing the specific dates for ending this maintenance period and shutting down Wave. As of January 31, 2012, all waves will be read-only, and the Wave service will be turned off on April 30, 2012. You will be able to continue exporting individual waves using the existing PDF export feature until the Google Wave service is turned off. We encourage you to export any important data before April 30, 2012.
If you would like to continue using Wave, there are a number of open source projects, including Apache Wave. There is also an open source project called Walkaround that includes an experimental feature that lets you import all your Waves from Google. This feature will also work until the Wave service is turned off on April 30, 2012.
For more details, please see our help center.
Yours sincerely,
The Wave Team
I remember how difficult it was for me to get an invite and felt terribly lucky when I finally got my hands into one to the point that I composed a song entitled Party in the Google Wave (as inspired by Miley Cyrus’ Party in the USA) so it’s definitely one of those Google products that I will definitely miss as much as I missed Yahoo’s MyBlogLog.
Yes, despite the presence of Google Plus.
But that’s life. Apps and products come and go to make ways for better and fresher ones. To bade my last wave to Google Wave, below is a copy of the song I composed when I first jumped in.
Party in the Google Wave
(beat: Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus)
I woke up and opened my inBOX
With a hope just like everyone
Welcome to the world of geekiness
Am I gonna get in?
Jumped in surprise
Guess it’s for real this time
Looked to the left and saw the Google Wave sign
So this is all the
wavy
Everybody seems so anxious
My fingers moved on its own with a few clicks
Too fast waves and I’m anxious
That’s when Google Wave admin said hello
And I started waving on
And I started waving on
And I started waving on
So I clicked on a new wave
They’re replying to it
And I can’t just get away
Tweetin’ through it like yea
Bloggin through it like yea
I got my bots up
We’re playing like freak
I know it’s gonna be ok
Yea(hehe) it’s
party in the Google Wave
Yea(hehe) it’s party in the Google Wave
Got bored so went to public
wave
Everybody’s lookin at me now
Like who’s this chick joining this topic
She’s gotta be from out of
town
So hard with my friends not around me
I couldn’t just wave with Bloggy
Coz all I see are weirdos
I guess I never got the memo
Been looking around like freak
Where are my friends I’m anxious
That’s when the Doctor Wave dropped me a line
Your friends can now wave on
Your friends can now wave on
Your friends can now wave on
Felt like this will be a good night
Could finally send em an invite
Now we’d have some good time
Let my friends join and it’ll be alright
So I called em up
Hoping we’d play
along
Explore the various games today
Lookin at maps like yea
Blogging on wave like yea
I got my friends now
We’d be waving along
It’s good to talk this way
Yea(hehe) it’s party in the Google Wave
Yea(hehe) it’s party in the Google Wave
So I clicked on a new wave
They’re replying to it
Then we’d get some various games to play
Waving with friends like yea
Playin with friends like yea
I’ve got some bots up
We’re playing like freak
Communicating this way
Yea (yea) it’s party in the Google Wave
Yea (yea) it’s party in the Google Wave
The party has ended even before the sunset of 2012. Goodbye Google Wave 
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