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0 pointsathenot9y ago0 comments

I think Atlassian is indeed acquiring Trello to fit it in with the rest of their suite. This is probably going to be done to the detriment of the other use cases.

On the bright side, this might pave the way for a new product in this space, or some open-source tools which replicate the same basic funtionality.

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dmcginty9y ago

Open source alternatives are already out there. Wekan is one of the more popular ones. I'm not sure if it has all of the features of Trello as I haven't used Trello extensively. https://github.com/wekan/wekan

wowtip9y ago

Looking at the screenshot it looks more like a ripoff than an alternative. I am an open source advocate in almost everything, but that kind of ripping of / stealing ideas leave a bad taste.

tbrock9y ago

They already have a closed source alternative built into JIRA.

iffycan9y ago

It misses a few of Trello's features (including keyboard shortcuts and checklists) but it's close.

tbrock9y ago

I'm not atlassians CEO but I'd like to think it would be cheaper to build keyboard shortcuts and checklists than to buy Trello.

Those features should take at most a month and cost at most $25k to build.

Yes there are other things that make Trello stand out but I don't see a justification for this purchase if not just to hire the team.

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0 pointsathenot9y ago0 comments

I think Atlassian is indeed acquiring Trello to fit it in with the rest of their suite. This is probably going to be done to the detriment of the other use cases.

On the bright side, this might pave the way for a new product in this space, or some open-source tools which replicate the same basic funtionality.

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dmcginty9y ago

wowtip9y ago

Looking at the screenshot it looks more like a ripoff than an alternative. I am an open source advocate in almost everything, but that kind of ripping of / stealing ideas leave a bad taste.

tbrock9y ago

They already have a closed source alternative built into JIRA.

iffycan9y ago

It misses a few of Trello's features (including keyboard shortcuts and checklists) but it's close.

tbrock9y ago

I'm not atlassians CEO but I'd like to think it would be cheaper to build keyboard shortcuts and checklists than to buy Trello.

Those features should take at most a month and cost at most $25k to build.

Yes there are other things that make Trello stand out but I don't see a justification for this purchase if not just to hire the team.

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