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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. "A lot" is two words. You wouldn't say "alittle", by TapeCutter · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm an Aussie, we're not that fussy about spacing out words when we speak.

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