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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. Irony: See Slashdot by dspisak · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yeah I dont know of any extended beta that took on a life of its own *cough*Slashdot*cough*.