Ripple is open source.

Ripple source code: https://github.com/ripple/rippled

Ripple has it fully working. It's status is enabled:

• https://ripple.com/build/amendments/#paychan

Ripple has a 3 part scalablity approach:

On ledger
Ripple Consensus Ledger Can Sustain 1000 Transactions per Second:
https://ripple.com/xrp-portal/xrp-resources/ripple-consensus-ledger-can-sustain-1000-transactions-per-second/

Payment channels
Escrow, PayChan, and fix1368 Will Be Available in 3 Days:
https://ripple.com/dev-blog/escrow-paychan-fix1368-will-available-3-days/

Interledger's fully scalable payments are then settled with Ripple:
https://interledger.org/

Bonus features:

Transactions are typically finalized in under 4 seconds (Ledger Close Interval):
https://charts.ripple.com/#/metrics

The amendments feature allows voting for feature upgrades and upgrades the network instantly:
https://ripple.com/build/amendments/

Ripple has 135 employees and 30 job openings:

• https://ripple.com/company/careers/all-jobs/#

There's plenty going on with Ripple:

• https://ripple.com/blog/
• https://ripple.com/news/

And over a dozen open positions:

• https://www.ripplelabs.com/careers/

Meet Norman Reed, General Counsel at Ripple Labs:

• https://ripple.com/blog/meet-norman-reed-general-counsel-at-ripple-labs/

Promoting Web Payment Standards and Interoperability With the W3C:

• https://ripple.com/blog/promoting-interoperability-and-web-payment-standards-with-the-w3c/

The Ripple Ledger Consensus Process

• https://ripple.com/knowledge_center/the-ripple-ledger-consensus-process/

Reaching Consensus in Ripple:

• https://ripple.com/knowledge_center/reaching-consensus-in-ripple/

Ripple Labs 2014: A Year in Review:

• https://ripple.com/ripple-labs-2014-a-year-in-review/

Building the Internet of Money (Video):

• https://ripple.com/building-the-internet-of-money-video/

Edit: This was made by the same team that made the original Bitcoin We use coins video. Stefan and Fabian now work at Ripple Labs.

Ripple works just fine with AUD. How could Australia have a problem with AUD?

Fidor bank payments over Ripple are live:

• https://xrptalk.org/topic/3781-fidor-bank-testing-the-auslands%C3%BCberweisung-%C3%BCber-ripple/page-4

Screen shots in a post.

It's very easy:

• https://ripple.com/bitcoin-bridge-lets-ripple-users-make-payments-to-bitcoin-accounts/

Bitcoin for Rockstars: How Cryptocurrency Can Revolutionize The Music Industry:

• http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-rockstars-cryptocurrency-music-industry/

Small Bank in Kansas Is a Financial Testing Ground:

• http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/12/13/small-bank-in-kansas-is-a-financial-testing-ground/?_r=1

Want To Become A Billionaire? Just Solve One Of These 10 Problems

• http://www.businessinsider.sg/billion-dollar-problems-2014-4/?utm_content=bufferb8191&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer#.VIryAPmUdp4

"5)  Super Low-Cost International Payments..."

Ripple Labs Partnership Brings Real-Time Transactions to Global Payments Hub:

• http://www.coindesk.com/ripple-labs-partnership-brings-real-time-transactions-to-global-payments-hub/

Ripple Labs and Earthport Announce Global Partnership:

• https://ripple.com/ripple-labs-earthport-announce-global-partnership/

Tech Talk: Introduction to Codius (Nov 2014)

• http://youtu.be/eIjyl_rTZ5U

Codius provides smart contracts for Bitcoin and more.

See also: http://codius.org

RBS embraces crypto-currencies in hackathon challenge

• http://www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=26704