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This feels like it has to do more with the changing culture at Google. A beta label would not have lasted this long at a company like Microsoft because the busi
by Ennis 17y ago
This feels like it has to do more with the changing culture at Google. A beta label would not have lasted this long at a company like Microsoft because the business team would not even consider it. They would have thought about the implications of companies hesitating to use beta software. I really liked google's gung ho techhead culture personally. I hope they find the right balance and not push their engineers into too much rigidity.
- tjmc 17y agoThat's not quite true. Microsoft had a Hotmail plugin in Outlook Express that was "beta" for at least 5 years. Microsoft simply used the term as an excuse to avoid supporting a product that people don't pay for. Sounds pretty similar to me.
- Ennis 17y agoFrom what I've seen on the inside of the company I would disagree. It's more likely that feature was so low priority that it never made the bar to be looked at seriously. I'm not bad mouthing the company. On the contrary they have some of the best minds in the world there. It's just the way company culture is at Microsoft. Much more than code goes into making their software which to say the least complicates things. I can elaborate but I guess I'll leave it at that.