Email on Death Row - Again

mvip writes: It's time to prematurely mourn the death of email again: the Wall Street Journal article Why Email No Longer Rules is making the rounds online. Fast Company provided a fast response highlighting the technical shortcomings of trying to replace email with Facebook and Twitter (where do the attachments go?). Email Service Guide points out that Facebook and Twitter are ineffective for one-of communications. But with Google Wave around the corner, is the end near for email this time around?