Hah, I've told someone it has the everyone-can-edit style of Wikipedia and from then on they assumed it was for research only and were confused as to why we'd need "another one".
Ask people what they want from current services (email is the one 99% will understand) and work out how Wave could be used to meet that need.
i.e. Instead of emailing a new attachment everytime a document is changed, tell them to put the text in the email and how they can continue to edit it.
Does anybody know how Wave is going to deal with Spam? I assume you are not limited to sending waves to people who have added you as a friend or contact.
I had a look at the "See what you can do" video, it looks like a faster, simpler alternative to using social-networking sites and family newsletters etc.
@Jason
Really like the look of this! I just hope releasing so late in the holidays (pre-thanksgiving I could see this service really taking off) won't affect it's adoption too greatly. Anyway, Thank you and Merry Xmas!
The way I read it she had to use the command line when she was in college, and thinks the GUI is "stolen" from Windows. (Hence the concern about legality)
Sigh.