dbot on 12 December 2008
| nightsurge said: @All calling Home a beta. Can we stop with this? It has released to EVERYONE! Most betas aren't 100% available to the entire audience. Even if we are going to call it a beta, it will never see a full "release", so this is the full release. The only thing that will happen from here on out is rolling updates. Much like Google's Gmail is still in "beta" after nearly 4-5 years and many updates. This is the release of a program that was in development for quite some time and saw many previous betas that were only available to a select amount. This is no longer a beta by the common use of the word. |
Open betas are available to anyone that wants to participate, much like the current Home open beta. Your point about Gmail is valid, Sony has stated that Home will run an open beta similar to Gmail's open beta. I am not sure what the incentive to release a Gold version of Home would be because Sony will not charge money for the application.
Thanks for the input, Jeff.
