Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Better (beta) Version

If a company releases the latest version of their software as beta, does that mean that the previous version is out of beta?

 

Google released recently version 3 (beta) of Picasa.  But the previous version was Picasa 2 (beta).  If all your products/services are (beta) even after you come out with new versions, then what is the meaning of beta?  Does it mean that you don't stand behind your products/services?  What does that say about your confidence in those products/services?

That said, Picasa 2 was a fine program, meaning that what it does, it does well.  Let's see what the new (beta) version is like.

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