which company came up with alpha/beta terms?
IBM
recently?
No
did they use different terms for their hardware?
No
were A test products ready for sale?
No
What term describes differen parts of program development?
A software release life cycle
what are some of the milestones?
initial development to eventual release
how ready was an alpha product at IBM?
pre-announcement
and beta?
general availability.
why would updates be given to software after release?
to help improve software
is that part of it's life cycle?
Yes