http://www.extraeight.com/2006/01/10/12/ Twenty four hours in a day. Work eight hours, sleep eight hours, but what do you do with your ExtraEight? Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:23:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.extraeight.com/2006/01/10/12/#comment-3 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:42:27 +0000 http://www.extraeight.com/2006/01/10/12/#comment-3 Beta is such the fad right now, and it is totally understandable. When I was in college I loved getting beta software before it was generally available so I could tell my friends about all the new things. I think the marketting people are exploiting that, but the software engineers are just as guilty. Now they can leave bugs in a beta and still go to market, and just update later. These web services are interesting things since they tend to be server based, and changes can be made to a broad set of clients instantly. The new idea is: Get it out the door ASAP, then fix it. I think that's great, but make sure you don't leave yourself vulnerable to competition. Beta is such the fad right now, and it is totally understandable. When I was in college I loved getting beta software before it was generally available so I could tell my friends about all the new things. I think the marketting people are exploiting that, but the software engineers are just as guilty. Now they can leave bugs in a beta and still go to market, and just update later. These web services are interesting things since they tend to be server based, and changes can be made to a broad set of clients instantly. The new idea is: Get it out the door ASAP, then fix it. I think that’s great, but make sure you don’t leave yourself vulnerable to competition.

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