Gmail: Still in Beta
Nov 28

Gmail: Still in Beta

This Post is in Beta: Two years ago today, we were talking about how long beta periods are getting ridiculous. I concluded the post with this:

For perspective, consider that Gmail is still in beta.

Today, two years later, GMail is still in beta.

by Deane   November 28, 2007 9:08 AM   |
  tags: 
GMail

Comments

by Vince,   November 28, 2007 9:56 AM  

By using the 'beta' moniker Google gets away with a variety of 'sins' under the veil of testing. It has worked well for them with the geek crowd and those opposed to MS (typically those that spell it 'M$')

by Dave,   November 28, 2007 10:47 PM  

If Darwin was right, all of life on Planet Earth is still in beta.

by Peter,   November 29, 2007 3:51 AM  

Beta or not, the software will continually be under development. I remember when ICQ 99a was all the hype 8 years ago, and it would take hours to obtain and earn one's bragging rights. The hype of beta software is much bigger, i.e. how often do you tell people I'm using "release software?" Why emphasize the BETA status, and not the release status? :-)

Comments are Closed

Thanks to all who participated.
Want to advertise on this site? Contact FM.