People often discover xTuple by doing a google search for "Quickbooks Alternative". It's interesting how few choices there are for companies who've outgrown entry level accounting packages like Quickbooks or Peachtree but don't have (or want) to spend $50,000-$150,000 on solutions like Microsoft Dynamics, Sage or Epicore.

Everyday day the "noise" around Software as a Service (SaaS) seems to ring in my ears.  The pundits just cannot stop talking about it, and there is certainly no shortage of companies out there with vested interests touting the great benefits of SaaS on their Blogs and Twitter accounts.  My opinion on the matter is that SaaS is a fine business model, one of many that works for some companies, in some situations.  It is not everything, it is not the absolute future.&nbsp