Comments for What does "Beta" mean?

Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2006-06-05

2006-06-05T21:11:41Z

The only hoop you need to jump through is to get an invite from another GMail user.

And in that spirit: you can email "askleo at gmail.com" to ask for an invite, and I'll happily send you one.

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Comment from danullman on 2006-06-05

2006-06-05T21:03:03Z

"Notice that is still has been publicly released"
should read
"Notice that is still has NOT been..."

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Comment from Dan Ullman on 2006-06-05

2006-06-05T21:01:01Z

Beta in gmail, I have heard, has more to do with the fact they are still adding services to it. Notice that is still has been publicly released. To get a gmail account you still have to jump through some hoops.

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Comment from Eli Coten on 2006-06-03

2006-06-03T23:37:44Z

I have found that some betas are ok and some aren't but then I suppose that's exactly the nature of beta software.

I found that Microsoft Windows Live Messenger BETA was stable until they released the latest beta version, which has compatibility issues with Windows Internet Explorer 7 beta.

Another questions thats been bugging me lately... what on earth does "beta" mean to Google. Gmail has been Beta for ages, and as you said its perfectly stable. Same goes for Google Local and all the other services that Google label 'beta'.

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Comment from Carl G. on 2006-06-02

2006-06-03T02:35:13Z

I downloaded IE 7.0. What a mistake! Ended up re-formatting my hard-drive, even though I un-installed it, AND went back to the restore point. Couldn't even open up web-pages, the files were so corrupted. Don't do it!!!

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2006-05-31

2006-05-31T17:58:45Z

:-) That would certainly be a candidate, but no ... the original question referenced a different product. There are many to choose from, actually.

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Comment from Dan Ullman on 2006-05-31

2006-05-31T17:55:22Z

Does anyone else smell the slow burn of someone who should not have downloaded I.E. 7> (grin)

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