That said Shareflow was conceived of without any knowledge that Google was working on Wave and developed with limited resources on a tight timeline. When we kicked off the project earlier this year, we discussed our ideal vision for Shareflow which looked a lot like wave (open protocol, federation, pluggable widget architecture, integration with external sites); however, as a small team focused on becoming profitable, we decided to focus on getting a product out there for people to use first.
The day Google Wave was announced there was a mix of excitement, tech envy and some frustration in the office about Google releasing something similar to what we had envisioned. Now we are looking forward to the possibilities that Wave opens. A company of Google's size has the ability to push paradigm shifting innovations and new standards. As people become used to new forms of communication and collaboration I believe there will be more opportunity for products like Shareflow. The fact that Google is making Wave an open system means there will hopefully be an ecosystem of products communicating on this emerging standard. As a company focused on innovating in personal and group communication, we're following it closely.
We're continuing to build out Shareflow based on our users feedback. Thanks for checking it out!