Software Development Lifecycle
July 26th, 2005 at 01:11am
This is from a person calling themselves “Fox_E_Mama” on the Mozilla website.
- Open source calls it: alpha testing Microsoft calls it: 1.0 Google calls it: shhhh … top secret Apple calls it: unsubstantiated rumors
- Open source calls it: beta testing Microsoft calls it: 2.0 Google calls it: beta testing Apple calls it: rumors with possibly some substance to them.
- Open source calls it: release candidate Microsoft calls it: 3.0 Google calls it: beta testing Apple calls it: copies are circulated to the usual suspects, who eagerly publish reviews describing it as the “most innovating product yet!”.
- Open source calls it: 1.0 Microsoft calls it: varies. Previous names have included 3.1, 95, 98, 4.0, 5.0 or X. Google calls it: beta testing Apple calls it: released to the market place, Steve Jobs goes on record to say that it is “insanely great”.
- Open source calls it: 2.0 Microsoft calls it: SP1,2,3… Google calls it: beta testing Apple calls it: a recall
Samuel
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