When will you finish the Beta?

**Mongoose** · 05-22-2005, 01:05

Can i be the "offical annoying rodent who says WHEN IT'S DONE when ever an ETA thread pops up"?

Just a thought

**Copperhaired Berserker!** · 05-22-2005, 01:15

Originally Posted by mongoose

Can i be the "offical annoying rodent who says WHEN IT'S DONE when ever an ETA thread pops up"?

Just a thought

Don't you dare otherwise....

**Sheep** · 05-22-2005, 02:13

Originally Posted by mongoose

Can i be the "offical annoying rodent who says WHEN IT'S DONE when ever an ETA thread pops up"?

Sure, except mongooses (mongeese?) aren't rodents.[/pedantic]

http://education.yahoo.com/reference...entry?id=32058

**Mongoose** · 05-22-2005, 02:43

When figureing out whats a rodent or not, it's what's on the inside that counts

Any way, i just don't see the point of these ETA threads. What possible purpose could they serve?

EDIT:
Fair enough, my title has been changed. Thanks for the link BTW.

How about this?

Can i be the "offical annoying CIVET who says WHEN IT'S DONE when ever an ETA thread pops up"?

**Simetrical** · 05-22-2005, 05:08

We used to give out RTR 6.0 release dates. First we were aiming for a release by the end of April, then we figured early May, then mid-May, then we were hoping for the end of May, now we've given up and started denying any and every possible release date. EB seems to have wised up quicker, being as they hoped for the end of April, then clammed up as soon as it was clear they would miss that one.

I have new sympathy for professional development teams who give "when it's done" as their release date.

-Simetrical

**Dux Corvanus** · 05-22-2005, 11:49

The term 'public beta' applies to near-to-finished products that are by no means complete but have reached a point when their creators think they can give a general impression of the finished thing and adquire feedback from the end users.

When that point is reached, is not an exact science, and requires the solving of many unexpected issues and exhaustive discussion among developers about the minimum degree of completion needed to consider it deserves public release.

We can't give a date that even us do not know with accuracy but speculate about. I can only say that EB team is working hard and fast, things are coming along nicely, and coordinators are ruthlessly grasping the whips

, so I guess our friends won't have to wait a lot to have a WIP EB installed in their HDs.

Right?