Mama Cass Elliot wrote:
> In netscape.public.mozilla.general the people heard Blake Ross say these
> wise words:
>
>
>>Um, yes, I would say that a positive response from users (i.e., the
>>people for whom the software was made) is a fair indicator of whether
>>the software is ready (i.e., ready for consumption by users, the
>>aforementioned group).
>>
>>But anyways, to answer your question, Netscape does consider 6.1
>>finished software, yes. That's why you can download it from netscape.com.
>>
>
> WE could also download N6.0 fron their website - yet that still didn't make
> that anything other than Alpha software didn't it?
No. If Netscape said it wasn't alpha, it wasn't alpha. NS6.0 was not
alpha by Netscape standards (however low they might be). There is really
nothing in the world stopping anyone from saying that something is
finished even if they know it has 10,000 bugs.
- Pratik.
