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xTuple is proud to announce our first annual xTuple Bug Derby.

From July 13th to July 21st we will be obsessively fixated on resolving as many bugs as possible for the 3.3 release and we are inviting the greater xTuple community to join in. 

There will be prizes for participating contributors.  Anyone who submits code to resolve 3 or more bugs will receive an xTuple Bug Derby T-Shirt.  The highest contributor outside xTuple that submits code to resolve 10 or more bugs will win a Dell Netbook.  All participants will be publicly credited for their contributions.

We cannot read much on technology these days that doesn't have some kind of Social Network angle.  Every article you read has a "Digg it" or "ShareThis" button.  Maybe you get the your news via Twitter, or learn about a new product from a friend on Facebook.  Perhaps you stay connected with old work buddies via LinkedIn.  It has been great for me, using these tools, to help me filter the internet news and noise, and connecting with friends and business collegues.  To me, this is some of the best of the internet in action.  Lots of people I know and follow agree, and feel there is a great deal of value in these networks. 

We're very pleased to announce the opening of the xTuple xChange - the online marketplace for xTuple ERP products and services.  Think of it as an App Store for the enterprise, where community members can buy and sell add-in packages, extensions, connectors to third-party apps, and much more.  And of course, there will be plenty of freely available open source xTuple stuff as well - including connectors to Drupal and the Ubercart e-commerce module that powers the xChange, as well as osCommerce and Yahoo web stores.

Two new items you'll see in the xChange are xTuple's brand new Point-of-Sale (POS) package and Batch Manager application (previously only available as part of the commercial Editions of xTuple ERP).  There are great new videos on both packages, as well as all-new Product Guide documentation (PDF is included with the software; HTML is free online).

And finally, speaking of docs, we're happy to announce that the comprehensive xTuple ERP Reference Guide (always available in HTML online) is now available for purchase as a handsome 1,943 page PDF suitable for printing.

The FRE is the very flexible financial reporting tool that enables you to create core financial reports like Income Statements and Balances sheets as well as custom reports including Working Capital reports and Profit Center P/L reports.

Like everything in xTuple the FRE has continued to evolve with large and small improvements over time. But, the FRE video had not kept up, that is until now. A new video that introduces the audience to FRE basics has been posted and can now be accessed here.