hmmmm...
"Atlassian received the premier Innovation award from the Honorable Kim Beazley, AC"
So he is the guy who writes all those posts in the ElReg's forums? I wonder how does he find the time for writing.
Australian softwar darlings Atlassian has been recognised by the Australian government for its achievements, securing a G’Day USA Excellence in Innovation Award. G’Day USA is an annual program designed to showcase Australian business capabilities in the United States. In 10 years, Atlassian has amassed more than 17,000 …
Give them an award for going against their stated values of "Don't #@!% the Customer" by removing the ability to use 'wiki markup' in their latest version of Confluence. Never mind that some customers have spent thousands building, customising and populating their wiki and are now facing huge user backlashes, including, in some instances, from senior management.
My favourite part is that they have stopped providing any updates whatsover for the old version - things that are broken will stall that way for ever. So, we're left with a product with bugs that will never be fixed and no feasible upgrade path.
Thanks for the innovation Atlassian - you have officially '#@!%'ed this customer.