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Re: The Death of 10.8?

From Sandman <mr@sandman.net>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: The Death of 10.8?
Date 2013-10-28 21:24 +0000
Message-ID <slrnl6tlrd.b0i.mr@irc.sandman.net> (permalink)
References (1 earlier) <526e7a6e$0$8957$c3e8da3$4e334b76@news.astraweb.com> <slrnl6t023.aah.mr@irc.sandman.net> <l4m05v$qvd$1@dont-email.me> <slrnl6t2hd.aeg.mr@irc.sandman.net> <barmar-1F4D98.14501928102013@news.eternal-september.org>

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In article <barmar-1F4D98.14501928102013@news.eternal-september.org>, Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> > Some software developers may prematurely call something the final version 
> > and not beta, and the users may feel that the final version is of expected 
> > "beta-quality", but that doesn't make it a beta.
> 
>  I think the poster expected readers to understand that this is what he 
>  meant, even though he left it implicit. Apparently, not everyone picked 
>  up on it.

Right, but the poster hadn't used the software in question when making the 
claim, meaning that it was not in reference to what he considered to be 
"beta quality" since he couldn't know. It was a pre-concieved notion and 
misdirected as such.


-- 
Sandman[.net]

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The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-28 14:08 +0000
  Re: The Death of 10.8? Mordred <mordred@gmail.com> - 2013-10-28 15:53 +0100
    Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-28 15:12 +0000
      Re: The Death of 10.8? Michelle Steiner <email@michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-28 08:34 -0700
        Re: The Death of 10.8? android <here@there.was> - 2013-10-28 16:48 +0100
          Re: The Death of 10.8? android <here@there.was> - 2013-10-28 16:55 +0100
            Re: The Death of 10.8? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-10-28 16:24 +0000
              Re: The Death of 10.8? android <here@there.was> - 2013-10-28 17:33 +0100
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        Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-28 15:54 +0000
          Re: The Death of 10.8? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-28 14:50 -0400
            Re: The Death of 10.8? Mordred <mordred@gmail.com> - 2013-10-28 19:56 +0100
              Re: The Death of 10.8? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-28 15:11 -0400
            Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-28 21:24 +0000
              Re: The Death of 10.8? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-28 18:10 -0400
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 07:49 +0000
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-29 05:49 -0400
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 10:25 +0000
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-29 06:52 -0400
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 11:41 +0000
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-29 10:29 -0400
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 15:38 +0000
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-29 06:36 -0700
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-29 06:35 -0700
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-29 06:33 -0700
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2013-10-29 08:47 -0500
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 15:45 +0000
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                Re: The Death of 10.8? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2013-10-29 09:57 -0400
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-29 07:35 -0700
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 15:50 +0000
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-29 08:58 -0700
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 16:03 +0000
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-29 23:36 +0000
                Re: The Death of 10.8? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-29 14:32 -0400
          Re: The Death of 10.8? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-28 18:11 -0400
    Re: The Death of 10.8? David Fritzinger <dfritzin@nospam.mac.com> - 2013-10-28 12:19 -0400
      Re: The Death of 10.8? Mordred <mordred@gmail.com> - 2013-10-28 19:59 +0100
    Re: The Death of 10.8? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-10-28 16:22 +0000
      Re: The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-28 20:53 +0000
        Re: The Death of 10.8? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-10-28 21:55 +0000
          Re: The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-28 22:53 +0000
            Re: The Death of 10.8? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-28 18:58 -0400
              Re: The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-28 23:24 +0000
            Re: The Death of 10.8? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-28 19:13 -0400
              Re: The Death of 10.8? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-10-28 16:32 -0700
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-10-28 16:35 -0700
                Re: The Death of 10.8? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-28 20:04 -0400
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-28 22:45 -0400
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-29 23:26 +0000
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-10-29 18:14 -0700
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2013-10-28 23:59 -0400
    Re: The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-28 20:50 +0000
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