It's not too late to get in on the action for the haxTuple bug derby. Check out the impressive leaderboard on the left side of this page - there's a fierce battle for the iPad between two prolific community contributors, Alfredo Martinez and Scott Zuke. As they said in a really bad sci-fi movie once, "there can be only one."
But... there can be LOTS of other prizes, including free xTuple training (a $2000 value), and cool geek toys like a Star Trek phaser and Albert Einstein doll action figure. Anyone can be a winner, and the prizes are cumulative as you rack up more fixed bugs! Check out all the details here - the contest runs until Monday the 8th...
You can see the fruits of a lot of that initial labor in the new beta2 release of xTuple ERP version 3.5.0, now available for download from Sourceforge.
Please note that the upgrade process, particularly in these testing releases, can be a little tricky. If you're just using the PostBooks Edition, it's pretty simple - just go:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/postbooks/files/03%20PostBooks-databases...
http://sourceforge.net/projects/postbooks/files/03%20PostBooks-databases...
http://sourceforge.net/projects/postbooks/files/03%20PostBooks-databases...
For commercial users looking to test 3.5 beta2 of the Standard or Manufacturing Edition (in a sandbox!), it's a little more complicated. Monique will be blogging some advice your way on this topic shortly. If you're an XTN subscriber, of course we'll set one up for you at no charge.
Ned Lilly
In October 2001, Ned co-founded xTuple, originally called OpenMFG, with the aim of bringing the worlds of open platform software and enterprise resource planning (ERP) together to solve the unmet needs of small- to mid-sized manufacturers. In 1999, he was a co-founder of Great Bridge, an early business built around the PostgreSQL database which is also the core technology for xTuple today. Great Bridge was incubated inside Landmark Communications, a mid-sized media company where Ned directed corporate venture investments, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and startup activity. Prior to Landmark, Ned worked for a regional technology group in Washington D.C. and had a brief first career in political media — television, radio and a non-partisan news wire. He holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia and an M.A. from George Washington University.