How to create your own Wave server?
drawkbox: I always start with the standards.  Typically you will find that engineering protocols are more simple than you think.  But when there are lots of solutions it starts to cloud it.http://xmpp.org/rfcs/Check the bottom of : http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3920.txtIf you like to look at full products using the standard take a look at OpenFire; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenfireIt has most of the standards implemented and is open.Then when you want to whip out a prototype in a few hours or minutes dig in with some python: http://xmpppy.sourceforge.net/