Google Wave 应该 Google 历史上比较短命的产品之一，刚发布不久，Google 便宣布放弃了。 现在 Apache 接手 Google Wave，把变成一个Apache 旗下的一个开源项目。

　　It’s official: Google Wave is now Apache Wave. 

　　A couple weeks ago, Google () made a proposal tothe Apache Software Foundation to take the reins on Wave. Wave,whichonly launched to the public in 2009, saw lackluster adoption; Googleofficially halted development in August and open-sourced the code in September. 

　　InGoogle’s proposal to Apache, the former company stated its goals wereto migrate Wave’s codebase from Google to ASF’s infrastructure, to getWave back to a state of active development and to bring new committersinto the project. The proposal also noted that Wave still had somebig-name users, including the U.S. Navy. 

　　Apache has now accepted that proposal, and Google is preparing for a few changes. 

　　Googler Alex North wrote onthe company blog,“We’re spinning up the project infrastructure so thatthe community can continue to grow in the Apache way.” 

　　Northalso mentioned that several new， non-Google committers are coming tothe Wave project; other contributors are welcome to the project, aswell. 

　　We look forward to seeing how Wave evolves as an Apacheproject; becoming an open-source, community-driven project is probablythe best thing that could have happened to Wave as a large-scale,ambitious web app — much better than the deadpool.