Why Doesn’t Google Ever Move Anything Out Of “Beta?”
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Dave, this is a simple question, but profound: how come almost every new tool that Google releases stays in “beta” forever?
This is a fascinating question and one that I’ve wondered too, as I’ve watched Orkut come and go in the public eye, Gmail shake up the entire world of free Web-based e-mail, Google News get slapped with a lawsuit for misappropriation of intellectual property, Google Catalog Search, and Froogle gain surprisingly little visibility, and Google Scholar hit some privacy-related turbulence in its young life.
What do all of these have in common? They’re all described as either loosely “in affiliation with” or, more typically, still in “beta” stage.
Finally, I found an answer on the Google site…
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