Are Betas Taking On Lives of Their Own? 270
Ant writes "CNET News.com's Paul Festa thinks the final stage of software development, beta versions, are taking on a life of their own, as companies tinker endlessly with their products in public according to a recent article. Google is one of the companies that keep using "beta" term for years for its products."
agreed (Score:5, Funny)
In an hour (Score:5, Funny)
This is not my final post.... (Score:2, Funny)
Of Course! (Score:2, Funny)
Microsoft has done the opposite (Score:3, Funny)
You can't claim the other way around doesn't work either.
Microsoft has been shipping beta-quality products as "Final Release" for years and they've done sooo well for themselves!
P.S. I don't really think so, it's just a joke.
In other news... (Score:2, Funny)
As ICQ counted down the seconds to release "in 3..2..1" ardent enemies postpone event by screaming "I call bullshit." No word yet on whether the popular chat software will ever be officially released or whether proc6's head has exploded from this offensive post.
More news at 5:00.
Lives of their own?! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Microsoft has done the opposite (Score:5, Funny)
Et tu Slashdot? (Score:4, Funny)
http://developers.slashdot.org/faq/com-mod.shtml#
^_^
Re:This makes the term meaningless. (Score:3, Funny)
Oh Thank God.... (Score:3, Funny)
Microsoft.. better? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:agreed (Score:3, Funny)