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    Why make such a production over it? Commented Apr 14, 2011 at 15:13
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    Ah, thanks for adding the etymology tag, ed. This is definitely a question about the origin of the term, not about what it means. Perhaps the "semantics" tag wasn't appropriate. Commented Apr 14, 2011 at 16:17
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    The word "production" refers to the production of bug reports, which you will receive plenty of, when you go live. Commented Apr 14, 2011 at 17:32
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    But in movies, a finished movie is called a production is it not? Commented Apr 14, 2011 at 21:43
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    Um, in our industry "production" doesn't mean "final, deliverable product" and I've never heard it used like that. It means "has gone live, and is being used to accomplish the business purpose it was built for". It may or may not be "final"; that's orthogonal. Commented Mar 16, 2013 at 1:41