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zombie

Apr 09, 2005 at 3:16 PM

Is Visual Studio 2005 the longest ever BETA ?
W3bbo Work hard; increase production; prevent accidents, and be happy.

Apr 09, 2005 at 3:43 PM

zombie wrote:

Is Visual Studio 2005 the longest ever BETA ?

Nope... what about Google News or Google Image Search? I remember both of those being in beta for over 2 years.

Ironically , a quick Google showed that "Google News" is the longest running public beta:

But a quick rephrasing suggest's that another Microsoft product is the longest Beta ever... however not public.
randyholloway Randy H.

Apr 09, 2005 at 4:35 PM

I'd say no.

The SQL 2000 beta (especially counting private beta) was pretty darned long, and the Windows 2000 beta was too. Of course the fact that they were lengthy is a good thing- each was a major step forward in comparison to previous versions and needed proper testing and review.

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