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09-05-2008, 6:47 PM
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Thanks: Gave 111, Got 132 | Why is Gmail still Beta ?
Now I've been using gmail for years, The question is why does it still say beta ? surely they still can't be Beta-ing ?
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09-05-2008, 7:15 PM
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Thanks: Gave 173, Got 172 | Re: Why is Gmail is Beta ?
I have been wondering about this as well, as it has been there for a long time and things only normally beta for a few months.
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09-05-2008, 7:20 PM
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Thanks: Gave 111, Got 132 | Re: Why is Gmail is Beta ?
Does seem strange ? Its either that our they have forgotten to remove the Beta under 'Google Mail' 
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09-05-2008, 7:27 PM
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Thanks: Gave 120, Got 235 | Re: Why is Gmail is Beta ?
Email them and ask
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09-05-2008, 7:35 PM
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Thanks: Gave 193, Got 71 | Re: Why is Gmail is Beta ?
Not sure why still beta.
Google have a policy to let their staff build anything they want one day a week.
Gmail was the result of one staff members output as is google calendar !
Though presumably these are not 1 man day a week operations now. Gmail through the iphone is great too.
Though Facebook are now stealing (brain draining) google's staff.
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09-05-2008, 9:16 PM
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Thanks: Gave 110, Got 130 | Re: Why is Gmail is Beta ?
Don't think gmail is still beta. I remember when it was a proper beta and you had to be invited to use it and at the time it had 1GB of storage which was huge as Hotmai/Yahoo only had like 100MB. Took me ages to get an invite! Heck I remember when I joined yahoo mail and I had 15MB of email storage 
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09-05-2008, 9:59 PM
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warranty.. if its a full blown 1.0 release, it makes them liable whereas if it is classed a beta product, you accept it warts and all and it therefore removes the liability if something goes wrong
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10-05-2008, 6:24 AM
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Originally Posted by itsamac  warranty.. if its a full blown 1.0 release, it makes them liable |
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