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Originally Posted by WrestleEwe
How long does Google keep it's services in Beta?
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Months. Perhaps indefinitely.
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Originally Posted by WrestleEwe
Why?
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Because it's the cool "Web 2.0"
thing to do.
That and it's a lazy cover-your-ass way to not make any hard commitments.
"Why doesn't XYZ work?"
"It's in beta."
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Originally Posted by Banana
Can't a script do the testing and hang at failurewith a notification to the developer or something? Heck, program the script to do random things or pattern a normal usage with some random factors with a log of action taken, no?
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Oh, heavens yes. Most big software firms (and any reputable small software firm) should be using automated testing (unit tests, integration tests, etc.) from top to bottom.
However, tests are only as intelligent as the person who writes the tests. They can test all sorts of use cases and extreme edge cases, but they can't prod something they don't know to check.