Symphony.

Symphony’s better. No, I’m not here to start another crazy internet flame-war; “Symphony’s Better” is a song by Aram David and you can hear it in this episode of Symcast.

The Symphony team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Symphony 2.1, codenamed Hot Wallaby Ba—oh, wait, that’s right… we don’t do codenames here. Sorry.

Ok, so you know the A-Team, right? Imagine if their job was to work on Symphony. And they were just as bad-ass, but had no van. Or guns. Or cigars. But there were five teams instead of just one. This is sort of like that. A little.

Right, I’ll get straight to the point. As of 1st July, I am no longer a part of the Symphony Team. Before gasping, celebrating and/or converting to a new religion, this is a lot less dramatic than it might seem. Let us back peddle for a moment.

We’ve always been a global community, but the question of how to internationalize Symphony’s presence on the web is nevertheless a difficult one. At long last, we think we’ve got a plan.

The Symphony team is excited to announce the immediate availability of Symphony 3 beta. Released at Symposium 2010 in London, version 3 is a profound evolution of the Symphony platform.

Do the math. You love Symphony. You dream about data sources and XSLT templates. And you’ve never told anyone, but you think Allen’s just dreamy. What does it all mean? It means you should hop on a plane/train/bus/tuk-tuk/segue/skateboard and get yourself to London for the weekend of 12–13 June.

Helping us test this latest release candidate could actually save the entire world. Find out how…