{"id":40813,"date":"2023-10-17T11:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T15:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=40813"},"modified":"2023-10-17T11:06:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T15:06:02","slug":"atlassian-to-abandon-on-prem-perpetual-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/17\/atlassian-to-abandon-on-prem-perpetual-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlassian to Abandon On-Prem Perpetual Products"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simon Sharwood<\/a> (Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Atlassian once offered its wares in three forms. The preferred option is from the cloud, in conventional software-as-a-service style that sees Atlassian manage software and infrastructure. Users can also buy datacenter licenses that renew annually and require self-management. Until 2021, you could also get server products under a perpetual license, but users who wanted support and upgrades need to pay.<\/p>

In 2020 Atlassian decided it wanted to be a cloud company. It argued that doing so would deliver a better experience for customers, and flagged deprecation of its server products.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

Owners of server licenses looking for an on-prem migration path therefore faced the prospect of paying for 500 seats – which costs at least a five figure sum each year – even if they have many fewer users.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

Another source of concern is that Atlassian’s development plans are now very much cloud first – as typified by last week’s acquisition of asynchronous video outfit Loom and informing<\/a> users it will only be integrated with cloud products. Holders of datacenter licenses won’t get the apparently revolutionary new embedded video features.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It sounds like they are not completely<\/em> abandoning on-premises licenses. But they are getting rid of smaller and medium sizes—you have to buy at least 500 seats—and you have to switch to a subscription.<\/p>\n\n

proxysna<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Last year I was second guessing myself if migration to Gitlab EE from Jira, Bitbucket and Jenkins would be worth it, as it was a massive shift for my org. Maybe purchasing a DC version of Atlassian products would be a better alternative, but after short look into invoices and licensing it was decided to go forward with Gitlab.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n