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Google Apps Leave Beta

Posted by Soulskill on from the why-so-soon dept.

Today Google announced that they're removing the "beta" label from Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Talk. They said, "We've come to appreciate that the beta tag just doesn't fit for large enterprises that aren't keen to run their business on software that sounds like it's still in the trial phase." Quoting the NYTimes: "'Obviously we haven't had a consistent set of policies or definitions around beta,' said Matt Glotzbach, a director of product management at Google. Mr. Glotzbach said that different teams at Google had different criteria for what beta meant, and that Google felt a need to standardize those. ... Practically speaking, the change will mean precious little to Gmail's millions of users. But it could help Google's efforts to get the paid version of its package of applications, which includes Gmail, Calendar, Docs and other products, adopted inside big companies."

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  1. Nooooo! by bomanbot · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is just great. Google Mail is finally out of Beta. Duke Nukem Forever is cancelled. If finally there is a year of Linux on the Desktop, only an unfinished GNU Hurd stands between us and the Apocalypse... ;-)

  2. Re:wtf by gnick · · Score: 4, Funny

    They have always had a definition.

    The problem was that it was just a beta version. They'll be unveiling the 'Release' definition shortly.

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  3. For those of you disappointed by this announcement by grantham · · Score: 5, Funny

    They've give you the option to put your own version of Gmail back into beta, you know, if you're into that sort of thing:
    http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/gmail-leaves-beta-launches-back-to-beta.html

  4. Re:Today is a good day by ratnerstar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, and I didn't even have to use my AK!

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  5. Re:Today is a good day by SilverHatHacker · · Score: 5, Funny

    I expect GNU Hurd by the end of the week.

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  6. The good news: Google apps are all out of beta! by sootman · · Score: 5, Funny

    The bad news: they're all entering 'Gamma'

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  7. Re:Beta by MyLongNickName · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thanks for sharing your opinion, Sergey.

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