> > Any one please, what does it mean beta version ?
>
> A "beta version" of a piece of software or other product typically
> refers to something that has reached the point in development where it
> is given out or released to a larger group of testers to find problems
> that earlier testing by an individual or a small team may not have
> seen. The term does not refer to any particular brand of software or
> specific operating system, etc.


Yes.
It probably comes from the Greek alphabet - alpha, beta, gamma, delta.

An alpha release is one which is known to be buggy or incomplete and is for
testing or evaluation purposes. The term is not 9I think) widely used but I
have seen it used this way on occasions.

Presumably a Gamma version is what they actually sell you and a delta
version is what they SHOULD sell you.

I don't believe Micro$oft sell Delta versions.




        RM

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