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- ubernoggin, on 09/24/2008, -2/+198Absolves Google of responsibility. If you complain, they can just shrug and say, "it's in beta, what do you expect?"
- picpak, on 09/25/2008, -3/+83Remember the black dot? Of course Gmail is still in beta.
- inactive, on 09/24/2008, -5/+69Maybe Google thinks, "why not"?
- parkamark, on 09/25/2008, -0/+55My life has been in beta for a while now. I don't think it will ever reach live production.
- ohnoerino, on 09/24/2008, -4/+52That's so true! Google Docs is pretty buggy, though.
- TarSox, on 09/24/2008, -15/+60Maybe they are saying, "You 'beta' get with google 'cause we're taking over the world."
- haremchief, on 09/24/2008, -0/+40I don't disagree but I'd think it'd be more like "it's FREE, what do you expect?"... well--the google products that I use are free anyway.
- inactive, on 09/25/2008, -3/+31Gmail is still in beta because it's actually meant for world domination, email is just a bug they need to work out.
- MrDo, on 09/25/2008, -3/+28Because you can't complain when it does not work.
"what did you expect from a beta release" - moges, on 09/25/2008, -5/+24Google releases their product, calls it beta and updates it regularly.
Microsoft releases their products, calls it finished and updates it regularly.
I prefer Google's way. At least they don't charge for the right to use work-in-progress software. - Inchenzo, on 09/25/2008, -1/+16Maybe it is because they keep their products in Perpetual beta. (Explanation -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_beta)
- DentThat, on 09/25/2008, -2/+16its gone...
and it wasnt a black dot! It was a tiny corner page fold - Angostura, on 09/25/2008, -3/+16If 45% of Google's products carry the "beta" tag, the tag is not ubiquitous. ... Just thought I would be pedant for the day.
- benologist, on 09/25/2008, -2/+14I think they do it to change the public definition of beta so other companies using the label correctly look bad when their betas have bugs.
- inactive, on 09/25/2008, -0/+12wha? huh? oh, nevermind. false alarm.
- gasoline, on 09/25/2008, -7/+18Google Beta, Inc.
- unusualbob, on 09/25/2008, -0/+10why did you randomly quote from the story and have no comment of your own?
- juliohm, on 09/25/2008, -1/+11when you think about it... web apps like GMail and Docs are indeed eternally in beta...
they are constantly changing, improving, modifying... making it better.
if it ever leaves the beta stage... it'll be obsolete the very next day. - SilverSeraph, on 09/25/2008, -3/+13Who cares!!!!
- thejoker86, on 09/25/2008, -0/+10thank you for restating what i just read. i will thank you also on behalf of those with ADD. my memory is so bad.... btw thank you for restating what i just read
- orlyfactor, on 09/25/2008, -4/+13Beta != constantly changing. Beta = not fully tested, not ready for a production environment. I write applications and they change all the time, but we call them "enhancements" and "bug fixes", we don't label our app "beta".
- maninalift, on 09/25/2008, -0/+9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_beta
your close-bracket messed up the link - ErickStevenson, on 09/25/2008, -0/+9I don't find google ads invasive as much as all the other ads. So still not complaining about google.
- honeybrass, on 09/25/2008, -0/+9I use VHS
- feureau, on 09/25/2008, -0/+9Ah the black dot.
I have a lot of fond memory with that dot.
We went fishing together at one time. - maninalift, on 09/25/2008, -1/+945% of Google's 49 products carry the ubiquitous "beta" tag
I know it's not meant literally but still to say "ubiquitous" in the same breath as you say 45% is just silly. - snek, on 09/25/2008, -0/+8It's part of the web2.0 hype.. Look around, all of them are BETA.. You're just not 1337 if you release your products when they are already final! The community thinks they are helping out if they think they are using a beta product. It's all smart marketing tactics, and you are all falling for it! ;p
- Blade2000, on 09/25/2008, -0/+8Makes me wonder why YouPorn.com is still beta too!
- iLEZ, on 09/25/2008, -2/+9Black dot? Enlighten me!
- sremick, on 09/25/2008, -0/+7It's a lot like the early web, when everyone had "This page is under construction" on their sites, often with some gimmicky pieces of animated GIF clipart.
- inactive, on 09/25/2008, -0/+7Cue the collective moan...
- haremchief, on 09/25/2008, -0/+7@triad203
I'm pretty oblivious to most ads on websites. I must have some kind of mental adblock installed. Heh, if the matrix were real that would be a pretty funny option before 'jacking'(?) into the matrix.
Btw, when do you come across ads on google maps/earth? I suppose when you type an inappropriate address and it gives a plethora of options (usually all business related) that's where some ads come into play but where else are ads injected? - mdude85, on 09/25/2008, -0/+6"where applications live in the cloud"
Oh I KNOW this guy didn't just drop the C-bomb on me - MattBlackCat, on 09/25/2008, -1/+7That was poor
- inactive, on 09/25/2008, -1/+6it was a 1x1 iframe used for ajax compatibility on older browsers. iframes have a border by default. if they used an iframe as a way of making a "tiny corner page fold", they're morons.
- inactive, on 09/25/2008, -2/+7I don't really think of them as free, though. They're ad-supported. In exchange for receiving their services, you are viewing their in-line text ads. Google makes Billions of dollars on those ads. Not really giving stuff away for free.
- DestroyFascism, on 09/25/2008, -1/+6Because if it was final the end would have come already and she would a asleep...
- plosfas, on 09/25/2008, -0/+6That black dot will go down in history
- tobsterius, on 09/25/2008, -1/+6Does it really matter? While Docs may be buggy, most of their other products that are tagged 'beta' work pretty well.
- palagrim, on 09/25/2008, -0/+5***** you! Two of my frie....
... I'm sorry... I've never posted a meme before... And I'm not gonna start now...
... They really did though... :) - mahadiga, on 09/25/2008, -1/+5And it is free.
- nyabutid, on 09/25/2008, -0/+4For those who develop software applications, you will understand that you never finish coding. Once you start developing an application, you will code it through pagatory. So why not leave it in beta so that your users keep coming back for the new chrome. duh... Chrome is yet another product. We are left with polish...
- Zaggynl, on 09/25/2008, -6/+10They're in beta because once they've made a beta product of everything there is (mail,browser,maps,OS) they'll make it payed.
And because everyone is using Google stuff, instant world domination.
Paranoid? Me?
/sarcasm - cyssero, on 04/18/2009, -0/+3You can still pay for extra storage on Gmail though, and that 'version' is still Beta. It also buys you some more Picassa storage, but you're still paying for a Beta product with Gmail.
Those interested in pricing - https://www.google.com/accounts/ManageStorage - opticwind, on 09/25/2008, -1/+4Daily Vista hatin' on digg?
Check. - megablue, on 09/25/2008, -8/+11because most of the products haven't meet their expectations yet.
- waydee, on 09/25/2008, -2/+5Alpha would be more appropriate, Beta implies all features are implemented.
- bbqribs, on 09/25/2008, -0/+3And the Google fanboi types use it as an excuse for why Google products suck. "It's in beta!" (seen it here too!)
- zadadka, on 09/25/2008, -0/+3You'll find a large number of Microsoft (etc) apps in use are still Beta too.
Beta is just a way to release "as if" RTM, but use production environments for debugging...
Contractual protection is retained by the software house, because Release Notes make it clear it's "your risk". - daridave, on 09/25/2008, -0/+2Oh, I get it! Updating my marital status to "Relationship ßeta".
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