Re: Beta Test

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From: paq... Tom Paquin
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1990 16:40

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In article <13...@qualcom.qualcomm.com>, f...@qualcom.qualcomm.com
(Franklin Antonio) writes:
> The terminology "beta test" has become so common in the computer industry
> that i forgot that i had no idea where it came from.  The term "alpha test"
> is also widely used, to mean the stuff that comes before beta testing, of
> course.
> 
> Does anyone know the orgin of these terms?  The history of the computer
> is so short, that we ought to be able to pin it down to a particular
> first use, probably in a journal article.  I'd guess something like
> IBM Systems Journal, in maybe 1961?

Anybody got an older copy of the IBM "Red Book" ?  It oughta be in there...

		-Tom
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