> 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'.
I always thought BETA meant, "It works pretty good, but we might have some
typos, e.g. POTMASTER, or some extended features may not be tested...",
especially an open BETA. Alpha means it is NOT likely to work unless you
are holding your tongue right and its Thursday.
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