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MS: Beta Software Good Enough for Production Use

Posted by timothy on 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.'"

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  1. but Google produces quality beta software... by deviator · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Microsoft doesn't have a good track record for producing quality _official_ versions (and yes, I fix MS networks for a living) - why should we trust their betas? It's a way for them to "try" more ideas on the unsuspecting public, increase revenue, and decrease the amount of support needed for their software (since they don't have to support it at all?)

    wtf? software quality, industry-wide, seems to get worse daily - this is not exactly going to help.

  2. ms NOT beta? by tacensi · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Please, clarify this to me: Is there a Microsoft release that is actually NOT beta?

  3. Releases are beta by failedlogic · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But there release software already is the beta!

  4. beta?? by krakelohm · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I would not even qualify Microsoft's Production software worthy of the Beta nameplate.

    :)

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  5. Strange.... by khellendros1984 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I've never seen production- quality work from MS....how is this any different?

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