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What a lousy blog post. It doesn't even come close to telling us what Google's "out of beta" standard is. Just a PR stunt, and a badly executed one at that.
by andrewljohnson 17y ago
What a lousy blog post. It doesn't even come close to telling us what Google's "out of beta" standard is. Just a PR stunt, and a badly executed one at that.
- derefr 17y agoFor google, "beta" is purely a PR label; this is because what "beta" normally is is an HR distinction, and Google doesn't work that way. In more standard companies, the R&D team writes software up to, and including, the beta. Once the software is "released," the maintenance team steps in and the R&D team moves on. Google doesn't do this, so there's no meaning to a Google product being "in beta" or "out of beta."