This is not just common to open source development but development in general and I suspect there is no reason than common practice. By the time a product gets out of beta it is generally stable enough for mainstream realease.
The reason why this is more prominent in open source development is because there is more visibility of the development process whereas with commercial products it is all done behind closed doors. Ta Matt -----Original Message----- From: Rajaneesh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 January 2005 05:15 To: 'Tomcat Users List' Subject: Alpha, Beeta releases--query Hi, Had a basic question. In the opensource packages why do you have the releases named as alpha and beeta? Why not have gamma releases, theeta releases? Regards Rajaneesh --Curiosity kills-- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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