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Atlassian acquires Trello for $425M

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Re: Atlassian acquires Trello for $425M

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Post by egeozcan »

zippergz wrote: post #188
throwaway5752 wrote: post #104

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Funny how much opinions can differ. I've used them both professionally and I think Trello scales poorly above 5-10 people while Jira is the least-worst option for running a project at any team size.

I don't disagree with this, but very small teams (or sometimes just myself) is exactly what I use Trello for. We use it at home for shared to-do lists, idea boards (way better than Pinterest for us), etc. I realize this doesn't make them much money, but I hope they don't ruin that use case because I haven't found anything I like as well.

Not everyone wants to maintain their own private server, but if you do have one, give wekan a try. I found it to be a good open-source replacement.

https://wekan.io/

Re: Atlassian acquires Trello for $425M

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Post by nilkn »

throwaway5752 wrote: post #104
joemaller1 wrote: post #62

I'm a big fan of Trello but I dread using Atlassian products. I do not have a good feeling about this. Hopefully Atlassian can learn from what makes Trello so wonderful instead of JIRA-ifying it into oblivion.

Funny how much opinions can differ. I've used them both professionally and I think Trello scales poorly above 5-10 people while Jira is the least-worst option for running a project at any team size.

My experience with Jira is that it depends very much on the managers and executive team who set it up and create the precedents on how to use it.

Jira is so customizable and has so many features that it can be made into a sort of bureaucratic prison that's actively counter-productive for everyone except higher-level managers who just use it to generate countless reports. In the worst case, Jira can be used to institutionalize mistrust in employees/developers.

On the other hand, a minimal setup with kanban boards can feel a lot like Trello integrated into a bug database, which can work and scale quite well.

I will say that even a minimal installation of Jira can be overly complex for small teams of 2-5. This is where Trello can really shine.

Re: Atlassian acquires Trello for $425M

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Post by bastawhiz »

chrisan wrote: post #102
joemaller1 wrote: post #62

I'm a big fan of Trello but I dread using Atlassian products. I do not have a good feeling about this. Hopefully Atlassian can learn from what makes Trello so wonderful instead of JIRA-ifying it into oblivion.

Trello is a JIRA competitor based on providing simplicity to task boards. Why would they JIRA-ify it? They would lose their audience who sought a JIRA alternative in the first place. From their blog post on the subject https://blogs.atlassian.com/2017/01/atlassian-plus-trello/ they seem to acknowledge this I happen to use, and like, both products. JIRA at work (where I want a lot of the features) and Trello for perso…

> Why would they JIRA-ify it? They would lose their audience who sought a JIRA alternative in the first place.

And yet, Hipchat is a bloated, unreliable mess.

Re: Atlassian acquires Trello for $425M

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Post by toyg »

wattt wrote: post #154
chrisan wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Trello is a JIRA competitor based on providing simplicity to task boards. Why would they JIRA-ify it? They would lose their audience who sought a JIRA alternative in the first place. From their blog post on the subject https://blogs.atlassian.com/2017/01/atlassian-plus-trello/ they seem to acknowledge this I happen to use, and like, both products. JIRA at work (where I want a lot of the features) and Trello for perso…

They will JIRA-fy it or kill it. I use JIRA and pay for it, it is hell on earth for teams of 2-5. We looked into switching to trello to reduce overhead but... It cost more for less features. So we stayed with JIRA. They will kill trello so everyone is stuck with JIRA. Someone please make a trello clone with reasonable pricing, now!

> They will JIRA-fy it or kill it.

Atlassian is not Oracle. I had fears for BitBucket when they bought it, but they seem to have left it alone for the most part.

Sourcetree, on the other hand, got fucked up. How much of that was a strategic decision and how much just plain incompetence (either by Atlassian or the original team), I don't really know.

Re: Atlassian acquires Trello for $425M

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Post by philliphaydon »

joeyspn wrote: post #125
joemaller1 wrote: post #62

I'm a big fan of Trello but I dread using Atlassian products. I do not have a good feeling about this. Hopefully Atlassian can learn from what makes Trello so wonderful instead of JIRA-ifying it into oblivion.

"If you currently use Trello as either a free or paid user, you can rest assured that we will continue to offer Trello as a standalone service." https://blogs.atlassian.com/2017/01/atlassian-plus-trello/

"for now."

Re: Atlassian acquires Trello for $425M

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Post by pc86 »

justinhj wrote: post #147
tornadoboy55 wrote: post #130

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It's not better, it's just a million times more usable. A Ferrari is nice, but for day-to-day stuff I'd rather use a Volvo :)

The trick to git is figuring out the subset of commands that make it work like a Volvo

Why do that if you could just use hg?
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