hey guys, i'm confused everything i'm gonna download software.
i just finished downloading phpdev.
i noticed there was a patch version, phpdev version, and a phpdev beta version.
what is the difference between beta and regular download????
what does it mean?? beta or patch?
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Re: what does it mean?? beta or patch?
Different people use the phrase in various ways. Wikipedia has a solid description of the usual meaning of beta software.danselstudios wrote:what is the difference between beta and regular download????
My rule of thumb is that with alpha software, the developer doesn't even know what to expect the code to do. Beta software you know what it should do, but its highly likely it won't. Then it gets into preview releases, where its doing what you expect, and shouldnt do anything wrong (but you want to know if it does!), and finally to full release.
But as I said, everyone seems to use the term a little loosely. Google has a number of features that I would actually describe as preview releases, while they call them beta. Google news was in "beta" for over a year.