At the moment, the Cloud First model (somewhere already Smart) is striding by leaps and bounds, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. And in fact, in general, countries such as the USA ( Cloud Smart ), EU , Canada , UK , Australia , Chile , Argentina already have a strategy, goals and plans. For example, following the attached links, one gets the impression that here it is, the cloud, and that's it - it's time to have only a cloud or a hybrid.
But I am always worried about such a situation as vendor lock-in.
My first impression was that the vendor lock-in came after the October 16 news announcement from Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar . As a strong-willed and unilateral decision, the following important dates are reported:
from February 2, 2021,
it will not be possible to purchase new licenses for Server edition products.
prices for renewal of support and updates will rise .
and from February 2, 2024:
Server edition support will end.
So, this means that the vendor is forcibly trying to transfer everyone to the cloud or, at worst, to the Data Center. The company provides 3 options for installing products:
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Data Center
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Therefore, I believe that, in principle, a rather interesting future awaits people involved in the maintenance, the development of the Atlassian ecosystem (not cloud products) in organizations, especially members of the Atlassian community on Telegram . And I will be glad to read your feedback, learn about other products (in the field of project management), solutions and opinions on these initiatives.