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Hi ,<br><br>I am also vote for leave the word "alpha".<br><br>It's about 7 "alpha" releases in 4 years :<br>
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Alpha 1 September 2002<br>
Alpha 2 December 2002<br>
Alpha 3 March 2004<br>
Alpha 4 December 2004<br>
Alpha 5 August 2005<br>
Alpha 6 May 2006<br>
Alpha 7 June 2006<br><br>4 years it's time to talk about mature library.<br><br>And also think that it's time for new release of libtheora.<br><br>After the next release of libtheora , i think it's time to look forward to Theora 1.0.<br><br>Companies usually don't support alpha software in their products , hardware manufactures don't do it also.<br><br>Theora 1.0 version release , could make companies think about to include Theora in their products.<br><br>> Howdy,<br>><br>> I'm proposing to change the version state of Theora from Alpha to<br>> Beta, or better yet to remove any mention that it isn't ready. Theora<br>> is ready. Saying it's an Alpha version is cute in the eyes of a<br>> developer who likes versioning numbers, but it's a nightmare in<br>> regards to marketing.<br>><br>> Nobody wants to support something that's labeled Alpha. Like it's<br>> unstable and will explode and kill your puppie. No, no. Let's have<br>> none of this anymore.<br>><br>> Do it on the next release.<br>><br>> Speaking of next release, when will it be? That was one of the topics<br>> in the last two monthly meetings and there was no feedback that I know<br>> of.<br>><br>> Theora 1.0<br><br /><hr />Busca desde cualquier página Web con una protección excepcional. Consigue la Barra de herramientas de Windows Live hoy mismo y GRATUITAMENTE. <a href='http://www.toolbar.live.com' target='_new'>Pruébalo</a></body>
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