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Google I/O has been my favorite tech event since 2009 when they launched Google Wave. I was hooked.

Google Wave was ahead of its time. It could've been a meaningful Slack competitor

It's just the performance was ridiculously poor. With like half a dozen people connected, it made 300 baud modems look fast.

likely because of gwt

I remember that launch. Poor Lars dancing around onstage during the connection hiccups. Google glass skyding in a few years later. Fun times.