"Gmail Finally Out of Beta!"

[sofa king]

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUS428885852120090707

Gmail Finally Out of Beta!

By chris.thompson - The Big Money

OK, so today was a little better for Google (GOOG). Even if its good news was largely semantic.

Today, Google announced that its various enterprise applications—Gmail, Calendar, Google Docs, and Google Talk—work well enough to no longer be prefaced by the beta appellation. Apps are considered in beta phase when they're good enough for the public to use on an interim basis but haven't quite reached the point where the company is absolutely confident in their utility. No upgrade preceded the announcement; Google's engineers merely looked over the products and were satisfied that they were ready for prime time. "We've focused our efforts on reaching our high bar for taking our products out of beta, and all the applications in the Apps suite have now met that mark," wrote product management director Matthew Glotzbach....

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This being a classic example of mundane, not latest-breaking news, I felt it better to note this here. It might be of interest to someone. It's certainly notable that GMail has been in beta for five years, while attracting huge numbers of users.

Hope they don't screw it up, now.

[BlooInBloo]

1. hahaha! I didn't even notice!

[bobbolink]

2. So now they can start charging for gmail??????

[Hippo_Tron]

3. Doubtful they will charge for gmail

[bobbolink]

4. from your keyboard to the monitor of the Goddess!!

[Jazzgirl]

6. They better not. n/t

[The Straight Story]

5. They have folders now as well, sort of

Before it was just tags way back in the day, now they actually hide those tagged items from the main inbox.