MS: Beta Software Good Enough for Production Use

MS: Beta Software Good Enough for Production Use 411

Posted by timothy on Monday April 18, 2005 @07:38PM from the not-like-they-indemnify-you-for-damages-anyhow dept.

RMX writes "CNet is reporting that Microsoft is starting to license test software for real-world use . In particular, Visual Studio 2005 and the April "community technology preview" of SQL Server 2005 are both supposed to be released sometime in the second half of the year. But Microsoft is claiming the pre-release versions are stable already, so they're licensing the pre-released versions on the grounds that they 'are already suitable for running production business applications.'"

MS: Beta Software Good Enough for Production Use

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Beta.... (Score:2, Funny)

by Shadow_139 ( 707786 ) writes: on Monday April 18, 2005 @07:39PM (#12275959)

Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.

Microsoft also announced (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday April 18, 2005 @07:39PM (#12275965)

That un-announced future applications such as SQL Server 2010 were so "awesome" and "full of stuff you need" that they'll be licensing them now, before they've actually started work on them.

Well... (Score:3, Funny)

by composer777 ( 175489 ) * writes: on Monday April 18, 2005 @07:42PM (#12275996)

At least they are finally admitting that it's beta quality.

Microsoft has stable software...? (Score:1, Funny)

by JediLow ( 831100 ) writes: on Monday April 18, 2005 @07:43PM (#12276006)

Well... considering that my computer just crashed trying to write this...

Interesting day... (Score:5, Funny)

by goMac2500 ( 741295 ) writes: on Monday April 18, 2005 @07:43PM (#12276015)

First root is completely safe, and now beta software is fine for production environments?

Microsoft Software Usable? (Score:2, Funny)

by Bloodlent ( 797259 ) writes: <iron_chef_sanjiNO@SPAMyahoo.com> on Monday April 18, 2005 @07:47PM (#12276066)

Yeah... alright, next Duke Nukem Forever comes out.

Even better... (Score:4, Funny)

by Eric_Cartman_South_P ( 594330 ) writes: on Monday April 18, 2005 @07:53PM (#12276154)

If you want the features in a Microsoft Beta product, you can usually get them in production quality over here -> www.apple.com

I'm confused.... (Score:5, Funny)

by ShieldW0lf ( 601553 ) writes: on Monday April 18, 2005 @07:55PM (#12276184) Journal

Are we still supposed to wait for SP2, or does this mean that SP1 is the one that will be ready for production work?

This is not the first time they did this (Score:1, Funny)

by mustardman123 ( 877114 ) writes: on Monday April 18, 2005 @07:57PM (#12276217)

Anyone remember Millenium (cringe!). That is STILL beta software!

No x36! (Score:2, Funny)

by jrushton ( 806560 ) writes: on Monday April 18, 2005 @08:07PM (#12276325)

You bad man! I am afraid i CANNOT recommend that book from amazon to anyone else.

Dear me :(

Beta Software Good Enough for Production Use (Score:3, Funny)

by 10scjed ( 695280 ) writes: on Monday April 18, 2005 @08:08PM (#12276336) Homepage

That explains all those holes, turns out their stuff has been beta all this time...
kinda weird to announce that 15-20 years after the fact.

Re:Interesting day... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday April 18, 2005 @08:20PM (#12276449)

What next, "Linux is decent desktop OS?"

*ducks*

Re:I'm confused.... (Score:5, Funny)

by dgatwood ( 11270 ) writes: on Monday April 18, 2005 @08:26PM (#12276506) Homepage Journal
I'm confused, too. Wasn't April Fool's Day almost three weeks ago?
- Root is safe.
- Beta software good enough for production use
What's next? "Boy eats own head"?
Re:If it compiles (Score:3, Funny)

by Un pobre guey ( 593801 ) writes: on Monday April 18, 2005 @08:27PM (#12276514) Homepage

Here are some working definitions:
Alpha - Program compiles without errors, and can start.
Early Beta -Program can run for several minutes without crashing or doing something really bad.
Beta - Program can run for a while, and won't lock up the system if left running overnight.
RC1 - Program can be used to complete modest tasks, and save the data. Data can even be reloaded in another session.
RC2 - You have to know how to crash it. Otherwise it seems to be able to run for hours.
Version 1 - The program only crashes or screws up when you start pushing it to its limits, such as opening lots of files, using many of its features in a single session or using them repeatedly, or when you demo it to stockholders.
SP1 - Fixes most of the deluge of bugs that came in after Version 1
SP2 -Now only obscure and really difficult to resolve bugs exist. The damn thing actually works.
SP3 - You can actually get lots of work done, and user error far surpasses program error in frequency of screw-ups.

Beta-ware (Score:2, Funny)

by jfb3 ( 25523 ) writes: on Monday April 18, 2005 @08:29PM (#12276546)

Friends don't let friends drive beta.

Perpetual Beta (Score:3, Funny)

by JoaoPinheiro ( 749991 ) writes: on Monday April 18, 2005 @09:40PM (#12277227) Homepage

Wait a minute... But aren't all Microsoft products released under a beta status? I mean... Just look at the crashes! Whenever a Microsoft product is reaching a semi-final status (usually SP2 or SP3), they just release a new product or OS (in beta status, obviously) to replace the previous one.

It's kind of like this:
Microsoft Final = Beta
Microsoft Beta = Alpha
Microsoft Alpha = Segmentation Fault.

Re:I'm confused.... (Score:2, Funny)

by c++ ( 25427 ) writes: on Monday April 18, 2005 @09:44PM (#12277264)

I guess you missed that headline... Boy eats own head! [panx.net]

Even Microsoft stories are Google stories now (Score:3, Funny)

by HishamMuhammad ( 553916 ) writes: on Monday April 18, 2005 @09:57PM (#12277366) Homepage Journal

Google is the new Soviet Russia/All Your Base/Natalie Portman/Beowulf Cluster.

Re:I'm confused.... (Score:3, Funny)

by sharkey ( 16670 ) writes: on Monday April 18, 2005 @10:50PM (#12277837)
What's next?
- Slashdot uses valid markup and CSS
- CmdrTaco posts front-page story that hasn't been posted before
- JonKatz receives Pulitzer Prize
Who you gonna call? (Score:4, Funny)

by fizban ( 58094 ) writes: <fizban@umich.edu> on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @09:20AM (#12280619) Homepage

Root is safe.
Beta is production.
Cats and Dogs, living together.
Mass hysteria, people!

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Beta.... (Score:2, Funny)

Microsoft also announced (Score:3, Funny)

Well... (Score:3, Funny)

Microsoft has stable software...? (Score:1, Funny)

Interesting day... (Score:5, Funny)

Microsoft Software Usable? (Score:2, Funny)

Even better... (Score:4, Funny)

I'm confused.... (Score:5, Funny)

This is not the first time they did this (Score:1, Funny)

No x36! (Score:2, Funny)

Beta Software Good Enough for Production Use (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Interesting day... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:I'm confused.... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:If it compiles (Score:3, Funny)

Beta-ware (Score:2, Funny)

Perpetual Beta (Score:3, Funny)

Re:I'm confused.... (Score:2, Funny)

Even Microsoft stories are Google stories now (Score:3, Funny)

Re:I'm confused.... (Score:3, Funny)

Who you gonna call? (Score:4, Funny)

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