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Include PageCOM:DownloadsLaunchPadCOM:DownloadsLaunchPadPentaho Community Edition (CE) software is available in three forms: source code that you can build yourself, continuous integration (CI) builds and released builds.

Released builds are official builds, compiled and assembled by Pentaho CM at a predetermined point in time. Released builds are hosted on SourceForge.net. Pentaho software is hosted under four different SourceForge projects: pentaho, mondrian, jfreereport and weka. Released builds are identified as Milestone, Release Candidate or stable.

Milestone (M) builds occur throughout the development cycle when a significant set of features or bugs have been implemented. The build will be stable enough for testing those new changes but may have introduced new bugs or instabilities to other parts of the code. Milestones give the community an opportunity to provide feedback on a feature while there is still time to change it during that dev cycle. Milestone builds should never be put into production.

Pre Release builds occur at the end the development cycle when a significant set of features or bugs have been implemented. The build is stable enough for testing those new changes but the full testing that goes into a Release Candidate has not been completed. Pre Release builds are only used when there is a compelling reason to get the release out to the community for feedback prior to the code cutoff period prior to RC testing. Pre Release builds should never be put into production but can be used for POCs and prototypes.

Release candidate (RC) builds are much more stable then milestones and come at the end of the development cycle. There can be as many RC builds as needed until the release is considered stable. RC builds are ready for full testing and give the community time to find critical bugs or usability issues before the release is marked stable. RC builds should not be put into production but can be used for acceptance testing or prototyping.

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Enterprise Edition (EE) evaluation software may be downloaded from http://www.pentaho.com/download. Pentaho Enterprise Editions extend Pentaho's best-in-class open source business intelligence (BI) capabilities with additional software and services designed to help you and your organization: achieve BI success; save time resources and money; and mitigate risk. Although the Pentaho Community Edition is high quality community supported software, you are responsible for your own success which will require time, effort and a small amount of technical ability. If you prefer to have a relationship with a well known vendor who will answer questions over the phone, help you during your evaluation and support you in production; an EE evaluation may be a better option for you.