Comments on: Why is almost half of Google in beta?

By: 企業利用者獲得を意識して、Googleプロダクトから「ベータ」が消える？

企業利用者獲得を意識して、Googleプロダクトから「ベータ」が消える？ — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:23:22 +0000

[...] 2008年末時点で、Googleプロダクトのうち約半数がベータ版を名乗っている。ベータを名乗り続けるメリットとしては、トラブル時になんでもありのジョーカーとして活用できるということがある。何か問題が発生しても、ベータ版なので仕方がないじゃないかと言えるわけだ。 [...]

By: Beta Eta a Spoiled Fish : Beyond Search

Beta Eta a Spoiled Fish : Beyond Search — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:02:43 +0000

[...] may not help close enterprise software deals. He wrote: About half of Google’s products were still in Beta at the end of 2008. Retaining the Beta notation in the logo gives the company a sort of [...]

By: Google’s Beta Love May Die In Fight For Enterprise Customers

Google’s Beta Love May Die In Fight For Enterprise Customers — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:59:35 +0000

[...] fact, about half of Google’s products were still in Beta at the end of 2008. Retaining the Beta notation in the logo gives the company a sort of [...]

By: Google + bêta = 45 % | motrech

Google + bêta = 45 % | motrech — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:51:29 +0000

[...] pourcentage d’outils Google en version bêta (soit 22 outils sur 49), d’après le site Pingdom. Comme le souligne Olivier, si pour certains outils récents comme Knol, ça paraît normal, pour [...]

By: Nik

Nik — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:44:02 +0000

I’ve read in the past that a beta gives the US Government the privilege to get access to the user data in the google databases created with the beta applications.

By: Swedish Television launches a great online television site but where’s the social interaction? — Blog of Ronnestam

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:51:01 +0000

[...] great site but still a beta I’ve obviously been spoiled with Google having 45% of their services in beta mode. Years ago beta meant you could expect a lot of things to come, but today I want a beta to kick [...]

By: Why are you crying over ‘beta’ in Google products? | TEC(hnology) NERD

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:14:12 +0000

[...] products being in “beta”. It all started with an article by Web Monitoring company Pingdon in their article where they questioned why out of 49 of Google products 49 are in beta? They indicated that some of [...]

By: Chrome. Now without the BETA smell! | The Vine

Chrome. Now without the BETA smell! | The Vine — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:53:41 +0000

[...] of Google’s products are still in beta, see a great post which I found via digg at “Why is almost half of Google in beta?“. The post highlights that a few notable Google products are still in beta: Gmail, Google [...]

By: Google Chrome is polished « Geek Scribble

Google Chrome is polished « Geek Scribble — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:26:34 +0000

[...] 2008 Google’s products are renowned for being in beta for ages – in fact it’s become a bit of a standing joke in the tech community. (Sometimes I wonder if GMail is ever going to make it out of beta – four [...]

By: Google Chrome n’est plus une béta… vraiment ? | nyamsprod's web labs

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:18:21 +0000

[...] plus en béta. Cette nouvelle qui doit en choquer plus d’un, connaissant la philosophie de la béta attitude, cher à nos amis de chez Google, me laisse totalement dubitatif. Comme je n’aime pas parler [...]