Atlassian Says Its 'don't F– the Customer' Principle Drove Cloud-Only Decision
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Atlassian's decision to go cloud-only is questioned by the community, with some seeing it as contradicting their 'Don't F– the Customer' principle.
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JohnFen
4 months ago
1 replyForcing people into the cloud strikes me as the opposite of their stated principle. Their reasons as stated in this article underline that point for me.
sangeeth96Author
4 months ago
Agreed. This is next-level gaslighting. Just say you care about the bottom-line and money.
datadrivenangel
4 months ago
Governments going to move to open source software at this rate
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