I think it was doomed from the point of its initial design, too big a scope compared to what they were actually capable of.
Being passionate about MTGO is a great asset to have when working on MTGO, but it doesn't necessarily equate to strong programming design philosophies.
In this day and age, I think it is possible to have something on the scale of MTGO that is successful and stable.
I honestly wonder how much of the server side issues we are seeing are in any way impacted by the beta client, sure it's mainly just a UI, but it still interfaces with the server...
I wouldn't be so quick to blame the beta client. This has been a problem for way longer than the beta client has been around. I feel like they need to purge everything and start from scratch while outsourcing the work. It's obvious the in-house developers cannot do a project on this scale. Although we will never know if the leadership was flawed or they just didn't have enough budget. It could be multiple reasons for why MTGO is so bad. Let's just be thankful that they're doing something about it.
In this day and age, I think it is possible to have something on the scale of MTGO that is successful and stable.
I wouldn't be so quick to blame the beta client. This has been a problem for way longer than the beta client has been around. I feel like they need to purge everything and start from scratch while outsourcing the work. It's obvious the in-house developers cannot do a project on this scale. Although we will never know if the leadership was flawed or they just didn't have enough budget. It could be multiple reasons for why MTGO is so bad. Let's just be thankful that they're doing something about it.