Is ‘Beta’ Better?

November 30th, 2005

It’s easy to “slap a beta” on a product and release it to the wild, with a note saying, “Hey, were in beta so if something breaks, sorry.” The WSJ has has an article on the increase of the word ‘Beta’ which really doesn’t mean anything anymore. What is not mentioned in the article the overuse of the word ‘Alpha’, which doesn’t really mean anything anymore either. My question: Why even bother with a beta release? Liability?

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