Re: (PM) PM3 beta 15 (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@megazone.org)
Thu, 18 Jun 1998 23:35:33 -0700 (PDT)

Once upon a time Jason T. Nelson shaped the electrons to say...
>Curious how the definition of the term "beta" has changed with respect to
>software over the years. Sigh.

As far back as I can remember 'beta' has meant 'likely to be unstable'.
The purpose of a beta is to ferret out bugs, and to test new features.
Usually every beta except the final beta has a problem - why is that?
Because the final beta goes to release! You stop the beta when everything
appears to be working.

-MZ

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