The Performance is about to begin...please take your seat

Rational Team Concert Beta 2a (or Beta 2eh to follow the Eclipse tradition) has been released and:

Jazz.net is now open to everyone!
Everyone is now welcome to join Jazz.net. A special thank-you to all our Rational customers and partners, the university researchers and students, and everyone else who was part of the Jazz.net early pilot program. (from Jazz.net this morning).

Jazz is built on top of Eclipse by some of the same people who were and are involved in the development and success of Eclipse.
I have had the privilege of being involved with the Jazz development for the last couple of years and watching it evolve into a tool that helps me build software more effectively.

So the title of this blog is not necessarily correct: With Jazz you do not just have to be a passive member of the audience.
Rather, you are invited to pick up your instrument, step up on the stage and start collaborating with the rest of us :-)