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Why is www.Gmail.com still always a beta

2 years back when I first used gmail.com it was a beta service..Why is it still a beta service?Will google stop its free email service once the beta period is over..Is there any guidelines how long a software can be called a beta version?

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Answer #1

The official reason is that Gmail still has problems with scalability and server errors are still frequent. http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/08/why-is-gmail-still-in-beta.html

Here’s a very interesting article that’ll answer many of your questions: http://www.esquire.com/the-side/opinion/gmail-061307

Answer #2

Gmail was cancelled in some countries due to legal issues and Google have moved many people to googlemail.com /.co.uk domains. All new signups now have to use googlemail.

So Gmail is still available for everyone that originally had an invite, but until they resolve the legal issues, it remains Beta.

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