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Are Betas Taking On Lives of Their Own?

Posted by Zonk on from the night-of-the-living-beta dept.

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."

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  1. First post! by kg4czo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Ok, this reminds me of the endless beta of the old BBS software Renegade BBS. It's really nothing new.