You people know I am not above tapping my friends to help (and thanks again to Ashlock for doing work for Grameen Koota!). Mifos 1.1 will be released in a couple months, and we could really use some extra testers (or devs or admins or tech writers). More eyes on a product are always better, and anything you can do to give the core team more time to work on other areas means more bugs get fixed and features are better, and that translates into fewer headaches and lower costs for the microfinance institutions. It's not as fun as building houses or working directly with people, but you can make a big difference in the back office. The the ability to manage large amounts of data is what allows for the scale of microfinance to increase. Also, cost savings mean that over time they can afford to have lower interest rates for the borrowers. The better Mifos is, the fewer patches and less time it will take to deploy, lowering overall IT costs.
Let me know if you are interested, and I'll find you an assignment. For those of you curious about 1.1, check out the Product Road Map or the Test Server.
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