Microsoft architecture chief - Google Wave anti-web

Microsoft's chief software architect has branded Google's Wave collaboration effort as "anti-web".

Ray Ozzie told a speaking engagement in California late last week that Wave violates a principle he currently holds dear - that complexity is the enemy of the web. Ozzie said the open web relies on open data formats and protocols, not opaque packages and payloads being tunneled across the web - yes, that was Microsoft saying that.

He did not explain exactly how he believed Wave to be complex, but rather Ozzie suggested Wave would rely on open-source because without it, Google's collaboration platform would be too complicated for those outside the company to implement.