Why the hype?

Rob was excited to learn about the release of Google's new chat program, however, Wired News has this to offer:

After several months of feverish speculation about a mysterious new service under development, Google unveiled its latest tool Wednesday: Google Talk, a text-chat and voice-communication program that looks nice, but has no obvious advantage over competitors.

The article goes on to talk about the program's lack of features, making it out to seem more like a prototype than anything else. For example, unlike AOL Instant Messenger and other messenger programs, there is no way you can transfer files to your buddies. Also, unlike Skype (an Internet telephone program), there's "no way to call to or from traditional telephone networks."