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I have no experience with Atlassian products but I would like to note that for Atlassian install version, you need to have J2EE application server which could b

I have no experience with Atlassian products but I would like to note that for Atlassian install version, you need to have J2EE application server which could be a deal breaker for an MS shop. Second, what about extensibility? Does Atlassian provide a way to customize the installation?

JanezStupar 17y ago
I don't understand why installing an Tomcat on Windows could be a deal breaker? As far as extenisbility goes... There are loads of plugins available for free. Giving you an ability to extend your Wiki with social oriented features, different UI customisations, you get remote API, you can add widgets (they are going to make the Shindig an integral part of Confluence) or embed whole pages. If you want to pay a reasonable price you can buy payable plugins: Gliffy, Sharepoint Connector, Balsamiq,... Did I mention that Atlassian products stack together super nicely (being able to view your JIRA issues on documentation pages in wiki is superb). Using the stack mentioned above will basically give you all the tools you need for all your documentation creation and collaboration needs costing you about 10.000$ for a 500 man company. From what I've seen so far it's the Atlassian that are driving the whole WEB 2.0 Enterprise collaboration game - with IBM and MS trying to follow - but Atlassian is just too fast so far IMHO. And I don't even work for Atlassian :)
- JanezStupar 17y ago
  oooh and something else... For 10$ each you can get: JIRA (issue tracker), Confluence (wiki & collaboration platform), GreenHopper (Agile tools), Bamboo (Continuous integration), FishEye (Adding UI and functionality to: SVN, CVS, Perforce, Git) and Crowd (user management) So if you're a sub 10 man company (or need only as many licenses) you can hardly beat that for 60$ a year :). http://www.atlassian.com/starter/ http://www.atlassian.com/starter/ Disclaimer: I am NOT working for Atlassian and I am NOT affiliated to them in any way - I am not even an customer (because our pointy haired bosses don't trust anything that doesn't cost an arm and an leg and isn't sold to them by sleazy MS or IBM salespeople).

JanezStupar 17y ago

I don't understand why installing an Tomcat on Windows could be a deal breaker? As far as extenisbility goes... There are loads of plugins available for free. Giving you an ability to extend your Wiki with social oriented features, different UI customisations, you get remote API, you can add widgets (they are going to make the Shindig an integral part of Confluence) or embed whole pages. If you want to pay a reasonable price you can buy payable plugins: Gliffy, Sharepoint Connector, Balsamiq,... Did I mention that Atlassian products stack together super nicely (being able to view your JIRA issues on documentation pages in wiki is superb). Using the stack mentioned above will basically give you all the tools you need for all your documentation creation and collaboration needs costing you about 10.000$ for a 500 man company. From what I've seen so far it's the Atlassian that are driving the whole WEB 2.0 Enterprise collaboration game - with IBM and MS trying to follow - but Atlassian is just too fast so far IMHO. And I don't even work for Atlassian :)

JanezStupar 17y ago
oooh and something else... For 10$ each you can get: JIRA (issue tracker), Confluence (wiki & collaboration platform), GreenHopper (Agile tools), Bamboo (Continuous integration), FishEye (Adding UI and functionality to: SVN, CVS, Perforce, Git) and Crowd (user management) So if you're a sub 10 man company (or need only as many licenses) you can hardly beat that for 60$ a year :). http://www.atlassian.com/starter/ http://www.atlassian.com/starter/ Disclaimer: I am NOT working for Atlassian and I am NOT affiliated to them in any way - I am not even an customer (because our pointy haired bosses don't trust anything that doesn't cost an arm and an leg and isn't sold to them by sleazy MS or IBM salespeople).