Why Is Gmail Still in Beta?

Gmail turned five on Wednesday, April 1. Launched in 2004 as an invitation-only e-mail service, the Google product now has more than 100 million users. Yet it’s still in “beta”—a term of art traditionally reserved for prototype software that’s ready for testing. What gives?

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