Re: (PM) PM3 beta 15 (fwd)

Jason T. Nelson (jason@jlc.net)
Fri, 19 Jun 1998 10:34:03 -0400

MegaZone (megazone@megazone.org) scribbled endlessly:
> 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.

You didn't say likely to be unstable.. Unfortunately, I've deleted what you
*did* say, which I took to mean more along the lines of 'alpha'.

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