We have all been bitten by the unfulfilled promises of Wave, XMPP, Chandler (yes, I tried to use it), Psyc, SIP, etc etc
That doesn't mean that we should give up. One technology will finally get the right balance and take off, by learning from the mistakes of the precursors. Maybe that will be Matrix; maybe we will be another stepping stone in the journey - who knows.
One thing for sure is that big commercial for-profits like Google are absolutely not the best positioned to fix problems of cross-industry collaboration and defragmentation. Which is why Matrix attempts it as a neutral non-profit.
That doesn't mean that we should give up. One technology will finally get the right balance and take off, by learning from the mistakes of the precursors. Maybe that will be Matrix; maybe we will be another stepping stone in the journey - who knows.
One thing for sure is that big commercial for-profits like Google are absolutely not the best positioned to fix problems of cross-industry collaboration and defragmentation. Which is why Matrix attempts it as a neutral non-profit.