Bye, bye Beta

It has been pointed out to us by several people and from various perspectives, that people don’t like to use Beta software – like SupplierSource Beta. The fear is that the label “Beta” implies that the software is still flaky and unreliable.

Well, in my experience, that condition applies to all software, all the time. So, if anything, we’ve just been more honest. Like everything else: sometimes we break (Yes, the SupplierSource site is currently down and up and down again) and then we fix it (Whew! Holding steady now).

Another implication of having a “Beta” label is that a “Big, NEW version with All the Features You’ll EVER Want!” is just around the corner. Well, we don’t do that either. When something good is developed, we test it and then we release it and then we tell you about it.

After all that having been said, we would like to make an announcement:

Since we don’t have any royal trumpeters and the cannons are away being polished, the end of our “Beta” phase goes like this: “SupplierSource Beta is now SupplierSource”. Try not to hyperventilate.

There is a contest involved though. The first 10 people who can tell me, in 25 words or less, what the difference is between the following two images, will receive a great big “Thank you for paying attention!” from me.

    

Bye, bye Beta.

P.S. Just to help keep you comfortable, we will still occasionally have things that happen that we have to fix.