On Aug 18, 2005, at 8:49 PM, Karthik Abram wrote:
Why not call it alpha testing (or something else) then? Beta has a
meaning
associated with it - and projects decision makers will be better
informed of
the viability of 4.0 in near-term projects.
That's sort of my point. It's just a name.
Somewhere along the line it was decided to go to beta. Would you
release a suboptimal 4.0 because you really want to adhere to this
connotative meaning of beta? Or would you rather say, "hey, maybe we
jumped the gun a little early, so let's overlook this is a 'beta' and
do things right?"
With that said, I think the devs are doing a fine job. So far,
pragmatism has seemed to prevail.
--
Kevin
