Atlassian acquires Trello for $425M

Re:Atlassian acquires Trello for $425M by sytse on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @05:31PM (#13369820)

Atlassian now has two products that do the same thing. Jira for the complex cases and Trello for the simple ones.

At GitLab we'll work very hard try to have on product that is pleasant to use for simple cases but still allows you to handle the complex ones.

This is a huge UX challenge but it will allow our users to use a single product for all their needs, so they don't have to move projects between tools when they 'graduate' to the complex one. And it will allow us to ship more features in the single product we work on.

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Re:Atlassian acquires Trello for $425M by i386 on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @05:44PM (#13369924)

I look forward to seeing that. Many product teams have tried that and failed miserably.

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Re:Atlassian acquires Trello for $425M by sytse on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @05:51PM (#13369981)

It indeed is hard. I'm happy that we don't have to get it right the first time but that we can iterate. As you've shown with your great work for Jenkins Blue Ocean it is possible to keep improving the simplicity of an interface even for a mature product.

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Re:Atlassian acquires Trello for $425M by i386 on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @05:56PM (#13370020)

Whats the challenge in doing something that is easy huh? :)

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Re:Atlassian acquires Trello for $425M by sytse on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @07:59AM (#13373599)

Exactly! :)

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