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2013-09-08 in IRC for MacZFS:  "… prototype is practically indistinguishable in connotation from vapourware …"  "… originated from a dtm description, an "alpha/beta prototype" (2013-06) …"  "…  the production version of the prototype will be 100.0, with an even (stable) and odd (development) alternating number …"  "…  The unnumbered version of MacZFS is *what*, if not a prototype? What, if not a developer preview? …"

2013-09-28 in IRC for OpenZFS: "… not very confortable using a 'well-developed alpha' for storing my data …" "… alpha & beta are technical terms …" "… https://github.com/zfs-osx describes what's there as alpha, experimental …" "… since february, lol …" "… I have not tested ZFS-OSX enough to say whether it's alpha or beta. Moreover it's for the developers to decide. … alpha is a suitably cautious description whilst testing is not as widespread as we'd like …" "… .zfs directories are not present yet, it is technically alpha in that sense … connotation not denotation, and the connotation of alpha for those not very familiar with the technical definitions is very negative. …" "… better to use neither the term alpha nor the term beta than to use the term alpha, alpha is simply terrible diction in this context" "it's true that 'alpha' and 'data storage' don't go to well together, but better to be safe than sorry …" "… brand perception of the term "alpha" by the public is "garbage' …" "… OK so maybe avoid both phrases (mention neither "alpha" nor "beta") but I'll occasionally argue that a well-presented and well-supported alpha should not cause terror. …" "… a chat app that is alpha is one thing, a filsystem implementation that is alpha is a whole other thing …" "… if I would have seen the 'alpha' word there, I wouldn't have made the jump to OpenZFS, I'd probably be using the old MacZFS, at most … alpha may be attractive for developers, but it scares general public, like me …"