Why Beta versions have so many bugs?

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Published on 2014-06-08T09:49:42Z Indexed on 2014/06/08 15:42 UTC
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When I worked in Microsoft on MSE antivirus, we had several stages of pre-release: Alpha, Beta, RC. The biggest difference between these stages were bug fixes. Each time we fixed more bugs, and usually updated some minor features.

Apple works in the same way. Look here: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/pro-tip-how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-installer-for-os-x-yosemite/

They released a beta of Yosemite OS, but the beta is full of bugs.

Why do these big companies work like this? Isn't it better to release a beta version that was tested very thoroughly but one that just doesn't provide all the features that the final version will provide?

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