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[ANNOUNCE] Freeside 1.4.0beta1, open-source billing for ISPs



Hi,

I'm pleased to announce the first beta release of Freeside 1.4.0.
Freeside is a web-based, open-source billing and account administration
package for ISPs, web hosts, and similar businesses.

You can see a web demo, read the documentation, and download the new beta
at <http://www.sisd.com/freeside/>.

ObDebian: Although Freeside is not yet packaged, the dependancies are
available in unstable and woody.


Major new features in 1.4.0 include:

- Billing engine has been rewritten and now has support for easily added
  "price plans".  Included price plans include anniversary billing,
  1st-of-the-month billing (pro-rated and subscription), free for N days,
  commissions for referrals and per-minute/per-hour charges.

- Customer-to-customer referrals, tracking and commissions.

- Configurable invoice events triggered for delinquent customers can
  re-send invoices, suspend accounts, charge late fees, and so on.

- Export and provisioning system has been rewritten.  New provisioning
  methods can now be "plugged-in" for any service type.  Included exports
  include BSD and Linux password files, configurable shell commands,
  RADIUS (both text and SQL, including groups), BIND configuration files,
  Cyrus, vpopmail, and many others.

- Complete set of history tables tracking all changes to the database.

- Job queue with display and retry for provisioning tasks.

- UI overhaul - easier to navigate and use.  Quick package order and
  one-time charges.  Separate billing and service contact information.
  Customer comments.

- Performance optimizations.

- Financials have been rewritten.  Apply payments and credits against
  specific invoices (in whole or in part), or have the system apply
  automatically.

- Texas tax.

- Improved documentation and easier install.


-- 
_ivan


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