That said, it seems that those of us in the nominated group were not given the 8 invites that initial invitees were provided, which means there may be even more of a delay until the next round of users is brought into the fold. My suggestion – lobby everyone you know for an invite as that’s your best bet at access for the time being. You may be surprised at who has them so ask around.

I just checked on the history of FaceBook, and it was only open to college students until late 2006. It wasn’t opened up to the general public before then. So, the change there actually happened pretty quick. But I do agree that people will change when forced. If Google takes too long, thought – I’m not sure that will happen. But you never know.

When did I get my Gmail invite? Ummm…. let’s see. It was before I moved, so about 4 years ago? Only 10% of my friends are on there now, so I am still waiting for that other day to come :)

erm, wha? how would the technophobes have known to sign up before you? the only reason I have wave invites is because i signed up for the dev sandbox, and all my invites went to my nerdy developer friends. I think you’re just jealous ;)

> People can prove to be resistant to change if it takes too long.

I think the opposite. People, at least the majority of non-techie people, are resistant to change until it refuses to go away. Facebook has been around since the early 2000’s, but it’s only recently gotten traction with people like my mother because she no longer thinks it’s a fad. The only people who, to borrow a term from the stock market, “pump and dump” new technology are the techies who are convinced it will revolutionize things, and backlash against it because it does not do so immediately. Things take time. In what year did you get your gmail invitation? And what year did you realize that most of your friends are on Gmail?