It’s been almost a year since the last dashCommerce State of the Union address, so I guess it is time to evaluate where we are, what’s happened over the last year, and get a feel for what could happen in the future.
We just pushed the dashCommerce 3.2 RC this past weekend, which has a lot of enhancements, bug fixes, features, etc. I debated on whether or not it should be a 3.5 release, but I figured 3.2 was just fine. The point, is, don’t think this is an itty bitty release – there is quite a lot in there! So, go check it out and log any issues, bugs at CodePlex.
So where is dashCommerce? What’s new and interesting? For those of you that are catching up to where dashCommerce has been, then you should probably check out a few posts, where I cover such things as increasing sales trends, Xerox’s use of dashCommerce, and increasing membership. The good news is that things are even better than they were last year! The numbers that we are able to get from PayPal show a continued trend upward (~$3MM / Qtr.), our membership continues to grow (33,000+), our site traffic is almost double what is was when I took over the project, we are still one of the most popular open source applications in the .NET space, and . . . wait for it, wait for it . . . the U.S Government recently contacted me to purchase a “special” version of dashCommerce. Yeah, you read that right, dashCommerce is being used by the U.S. Government!!! The contracts have been signed, the code delivered, and all is good in the world. 
Anyone that is an active member of the community should take great pride in knowing this. I know I do. One of the first projects to be delivered is going to be for the U.S. Army. This is nice for me because I am also a veteran of the U.S. Navy, so I take a lot of pride in knowing that something I had a large part in building is being used in this way. There is a lot of satisfaction there.
So, that is pretty much where we are. All things are in pretty good shape.
