What is a beta program?
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its a program under test, meaning its done yet feed back is needed for the development of that program :)
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It is in BETA testing but that is not bad in and of itself.\nIt can be good or bad.  It all depends on what you expect from it.
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Beta release was Dec 13, 2005 - \nper info on Yahoo Answers Team blog.
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Beta is when they release programs to testers in order to help find and fix the bugs/problems they have. When the beta is finished (when they believe they have found and fixed all of the problems) then they will release the program to the general public.
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You can download a beta preview here.
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it's spelled "beta"! when you log onto your yahoo mail account click on the "what's new" link that's in the upper right hand corner. there, you'll see a "beta update" link. now you can only put your name on the waiting list because appparently there has been a lot of people wanting the yahoo mail beta.
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The Beta version is being tested (it's called Beta testing, for obvious reasons). There are many different kinds of tests you can and should run during development, but before you can issue your final release, you need to submit your application to a group of people (Beta testers) who will be doing the same kinds of things with your program as the end users. In most cases, beta testers are actual end users who want to get a preview of the application (Beta releases are almost always free). The idea is that these users will report any bugs that they encounter, giving the developers a chance to fix them before releasing the final "stable" version.
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It is an application or website being tested under real environment to ensure its feasiblity, whether it will be needing a fix or not. It may have different levels of beta. If  \nthe first beta found many bugs then it will be fixed and another beta will be released until it has reached its stability level.\n   For instance, the new Internet Explorer 7 is already in Beta 2. The new Yahoo homepage is launched after a series of beta.
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Below is a link to a free program from microsoft. Well beta version anyways for computer game development.
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Beta is the second letter in the Greek alphabet (after Alpha and before Gamma).\n\nSoftware companies use the term "Alpha" to indicate the first series of tests done on their software.  In almost all cases, Alpha tests are done by employees that work for the software company.\n\n"Beta" is the term used to indicate the second test period for software.  These tests are usually performed by people that don't work for the software company.  The software company might give or sell Beta versions of their software to a small, selected group of outsiders or to almost anyone that wants to participate.  Yahoo! Answers is an example of a Beta test that's open to almost anyone that wants to participate (full participation in the test requires you to register as a Yahoo! user).\n\nAfter Beta testing, the software company might release the software to the public or, as in Microsoft's case, go through a series of release candidates (more tests) before releasing the software.
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go to www.yahoo.com and click on the link for beta email.
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sign up for microsoft's beta testing.
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Beta version is the name given to pre release version of softwares\n\nwhich actually means it is just next to best release [alpha version]\n\nthe company also acknowledges that there might be some bugs and still testing/development is under way and most corporation invites experts to test beta versions and give feed back on them.\n\nso you try beta version on your own risk as you cant blame them if anything goes wrong..all this is mostly covered in the EULA
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A test for a computer product prior to commercial release. Beta testing is the last stage of testing, and normally can involve sending the product to beta test sites outside the company for real-world exposure or offering the product for a free trial download over the Internet. Beta testing is often preceded by a round of testing called alpha testing.
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what was your original question and when you were asking about betas were you asking about beta software or just the beta version of yahoo mail as per the reply you got or what exactly ?
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in what program??????????????
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NO,personally beta programs to me mean (bugs) issues,flaws,glitches etc..wait until its released for commercial use