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Novell Tries To Ride On Google Wave

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When Google Wave was first released, it impressed a lot of people from a technical standpoint.  The trouble was, no one could figure out a practical use for it.  Now, Novell has decided to take a shot, announcing a service known as Pulse.

Novell explained on its

Then here's the Google-y part (although anyone who paid attention will note that Pulse already sounds a lot like Mountain View's AIM-on-steroids offering): Pulse "will also work seamlessly with Google Wave so you and anyone you want to work with can . . . get down to business."

As for availability, there's good news and bad news.  The bad: Pulse isn't supposed to launch until 2010, so it'll be a while before anyone can evaluate it.  The good: everyone should be able to evaluate it, because Novell has promised that there'll be a free version.

A lot is riding on Pulse because, as
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