Don't be fooled by Google's phony 'beta' label

computerworld.com — What are we to make of Google's "beta" products and "experimental" features? Gmail has been in "beta" for five years! And Gmail has more than 35 so-called "experimental" features. They're attracting users, beating competition and helping Google make billions of dollars. See Google's use of these terms for what it really is: a marketing gimmick. Feb 14, 2009 View in Crawl 4