Comments on: Will ‘Beta’ Fly in B2B SaaS? http://www.saasblogs.com/business/will-beta-fly-in-b2b-saas/ Understanding the "as a Service" Revolution Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:34:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sinclair Schuller http://www.saasblogs.com/business/will-beta-fly-in-b2b-saas/#comment-5053 Sinclair Schuller Tue, 15 May 2007 14:47:07 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/05/09/will-beta-fly-in-b2b-saas/#comment-5053 Good point Anshu. I've never thought of it that way. I suppose read-only has a certain safety associated with it since there is no two-way dependence, and you can walk into a read only scenario with little effort. Transactional would require you to join the beta and put effort and trust in writing data, making 'beta' a not so appealing concept, particularly B2B. Imagine finding a great tool (say, online super spreadsheet) and porting your Excel files, only to find that the move from 'beta' to 'gamma' or whatever violated the sanctity of your work. Yuck. Good point Anshu. I’ve never thought of it that way. I suppose read-only has a certain safety associated with it since there is no two-way dependence, and you can walk into a read only scenario with little effort.

Transactional would require you to join the beta and put effort and trust in writing data, making ‘beta’ a not so appealing concept, particularly B2B. Imagine finding a great tool (say, online super spreadsheet) and porting your Excel files, only to find that the move from ‘beta’ to ‘gamma’ or whatever violated the sanctity of your work. Yuck.

]]> By: Anshu Sharma http://www.saasblogs.com/business/will-beta-fly-in-b2b-saas/#comment-5031 Anshu Sharma Tue, 15 May 2007 00:40:26 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/05/09/will-beta-fly-in-b2b-saas/#comment-5031 It would work for read-only B2B services such as say wall street data streaming where beta may imply say only a subset of companies are covered. For transactional services, it may not work. It would work for read-only B2B services such as say wall street data streaming where beta may imply say only a subset of companies are covered. For transactional services, it may not work.

]]> By: mike http://www.saasblogs.com/business/will-beta-fly-in-b2b-saas/#comment-4606 mike Wed, 09 May 2007 17:18:00 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/05/09/will-beta-fly-in-b2b-saas/#comment-4606 i believe hotmail announced yesterday they are not in beta... i believe hotmail announced yesterday they are not in beta…

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