Alpha, Beta, Version Info

denniswrenn · Feb 3rd, 2001, 06:33 PM

What is alpha, what is beta and what is gamma?

I once heard beta was the public release of something before completed development, and alpha was interneal for the developing company or something....

don't know what gamma is though.

and how do you start a version?

lets say I develope a program.... is it version 1, or version .1, or .01 ?????

Thanks,
Dennis

**parksie** · Feb 3rd, 2001, 06:36 PM

Alpha - in house, not to be released
Beta - to be released under controlled conditions for feedback
Gamma - public beta with optional feedback

When starting, you'd usually have version 0.01, and move through to the Gold (first full) version of your software at 1.0.0

Sometimes you would put a, b, or g after the version number to denote what type it is.

Feb 3rd, 2001, 06:38 PM

Thanks...

but I don't understand the feedback part....

**parksie** · Feb 3rd, 2001, 06:46 PM

Under the beta stage of development, participants in the programme should send feedback of usage patterns, anything that goes wrong, things they think should be changed.

Although a lot of the time this doesn't happen

Feb 3rd, 2001, 07:37 PM

I use this format for my software

Alpha - Confined to my room!!
Beta - That I give out for testing!!
Sigma - Public Release

Feb 3rd, 2001, 07:57 PM

do they use any other greek letters... like delta?

**Active** · Feb 4th, 2001, 12:13 AM

Yes...
The last release version of a software before
it joins the exclusive club of dinosaurs is called
a zeta version.

The last version of windows 3.1 was called
windows 3.1 zeta version.

**HarryW** · Feb 4th, 2001, 01:49 AM

Hate to be a pedant (well not really

) but the last letter of the greek alphabet is omega. Zeta is the sixth letter.

**parksie** · Feb 4th, 2001, 05:10 AM

Hehe yep. Christians may recognise the phrase "He is Alpha and Omega"

**Active** · Feb 4th, 2001, 08:42 AM

I know the greek last letter is omega...

But from hearsay i remember it was zeta... and not omega. Guess...it's just rumour.

**parksie** · Feb 4th, 2001, 08:44 AM

If you took it in the english alphabet order, it would be, which is probably what whoever you heard it from thought.

**HarryW** · Feb 4th, 2001, 11:01 AM

Alpha beta gamma delta epsilon zeta eta theta kappa lambda mu nu omicron pi rho ..... I know the first few but I get to about the middle and get the order wrong

I know omega is last though. Up to about lambda I'm pretty sure the above is correct.

**Active** · Feb 4th, 2001, 04:14 PM

Here is the complete list

Alpha
beta
gamma
delta
epsilon
zeta
eta
theta
iota
kappa
lambda
mu
nu
xi
omicron
pi
rho
sigma
tau
upsilon
phi
chi
psi
omega

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**HarryW** · Feb 4th, 2001, 05:55 PM

Damn, I forgot iota.

Feb 5th, 2001, 11:24 AM

and xi

**HarryW** · Feb 5th, 2001, 02:11 PM

Yeah but I said I was pretty sure up to about lambda... and I missed out iota, which is before lambda.

Feb 6th, 2001, 05:00 AM

Never mind, well done for trying...

*Behemoth sticks a gold star next to HarryWs name on the list above teachers desk*

**HarryW** · Feb 6th, 2001, 01:15 PM

*Proud*

**parksie** · Feb 6th, 2001, 01:18 PM

We all know what comes before a fall

**barrk** · Feb 6th, 2001, 01:28 PM

Yep...beer!

**parksie** · Feb 6th, 2001, 01:34 PM

Lots of it...

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