Did Microsoft abuse its position of power so badly many people are still motivated by the experience? The way in which Google is releasing Wave almost makes me think so.

Unlike Microsoft, they've made it open-source and made it clear that anyone will be welcome to run it, even on their own servers and change it however they like.

Perhaps making money for Google is no longer their top priority, but here's guessing that there's a revenue stream in there somewhere.

What are Waves? While there's no simple answer, it's a combination of instant messaging and email with differences. The following are some I noted from the conference demo.

Years ago, when Google only had its search engine, I read an article somewhere saying that Google is preparing for World Domination. Probably the basis of the following website: GoogleWorldDomination.com. I asked my colleagues  then how in the world would a search engine company dominate the world?

With Google's latest and probably greatest product - Google Wave - I think I've got my answer.

Google Wave consolidates the most important internet communication technologies into one simple interface. You can do everything from simple messaging to complex simultaneous wiki-type editing.

Last week, Google surprised the I/O conference crowd with their announcement of its very own communication and collaboration tool with an almost-perfect application that achieved the company's goal to 'wow' everyone.

And wow it did as the impressive engineers employed by Google presented the beauty of the newly-developed Google Wave; the technology that is best described as e-mail for the 21st Century. How?

Google Wave is a collaboration of all available internet communication.

Google has launched the best open source program to enhance the capability of the browser with Google Wave.

Google Wave removes the difficulties in communicating with others.

It helps the user see real time changes in the browser window, it allows for the real-time checking and correcting of grammar and spelling, and it facilitates chatting and email in the one screen. Google Wave can translate from and to 40 languages to allow for better communication and expression.

When you think of emails, there are a lot of options out there catering to every individual's needs. But none has the capabilities to combine chatting, blogging, sharing files, videos and images all in a single solution. The early signs of Google Wave shows that waiting for this collaboration will be a thing of the past.

Google Wave was announced at the Google I/O developer conference last week. It was developed using the Google web development kit. Think of it as something so cool that it will blow you away.

Imagine you can chat, tweet, collaborate all at the same time in real time, with a click of a button.

That is the power of Google Wave. A revolutionary product and service all rolled into one.