Posted on Friday, September 01 2006 @ 4:52 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
One of the things that the Web 2.0 explosion has brought upon us is the
proliferation of the Beta. It seems like you can't go anywhere online
anymore without seeing "BETA" plastered all over everything. The word
makes reference to a trial of a product in the final stages of its
development by either the public or a select group of individuals. That
term used to command a little more respect, but these days, online
services are using it as an easy excuse to point you to if something
doesn't work like it should. "Our service took all of your account
information and sent it to offshore spammers? Sorry - it's in Beta."
Read on over at
OS Weekly.
