'Beta' Becomes a Long-Term Label
WSJ.com - For Some Technology Companies, 'Beta' Becomes a Long-Term Label
This was references on Slashdot from the WSJ. I enjoyed the opening line as this sums up so much in the computer/software industry:
"Few people would fly on an airline that advertised its planes had untested engines, or swallow a pill from a drug company that admitted the side effects were unknown. Yet when it comes to software, it seems consumers are much more adventurous."