While getting my hands dirty with Google Wave (we can call it Goove), I am moving forward to the disappointment. I did not see any features yet in Google Wave which can replace Facebook or Orkut like social networking tool. Neither it has great blogging features (I may missing something) nor it can replace Instant Messengers in near future.
I can see the great corporate features in Google Wave. As I mentioned earlier, I will be very happy seeing my corporate is using Google Wave for their official communication. In most of the corporate environment, people do presentations, documentations, discussions etc. Almost all of project requirements are discussed through emails. Most of people are brought in the light late just before the deadlines. Requirements missed out. People lost the focus and then blame game start.
So why this disappointment? I believe that Social Networking is marketing gimmik today. Everybody is talking about Social Networking, facebook and twitter. May be it’s Google Strategy but they marketed this product as replacement of social networking tools, which is obviously not right. Google Wave cannot replace facebook (as of now) neither can replace Instant messengers. It is plain corporate tool.
Off course, it can take lot of time and features before entering into large organisations. But definitely, Wave is coming.