[Web4lib] Google Print - perpetual beta

[Robertson, James]

All,

	Tim O'Reilly's excellent article -- What Is Web 2.0
Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software
-- talks about "the Perpetual Beta" as a pattern of Web 2.0.

	He writes:

"When devices and programs are connected to the internet, applications
are no longer software artifacts, they are ongoing services. Therefore:
Don't package up new features into monolithic releases, but instead add
them on a regular basis as part of the normal user experience. Engage
your users as real-time testers, and instrument the service so that you
know how people use the new features."

	Read at:

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-
20.html

				--Jim

Jim Robertson
Assistant University Librarian
NJIT (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
323 King Blvd., Newark, NJ  07102-1982
973-596-5798 -- james.c.robertson at njit.edu -- www.library.njit.edu


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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Dowling
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 9:42 AM
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Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Google Print

Drew, Bill wrote:
> Is everyone forgetting it is a beta?  Don't expect too much from it.
>