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Atlassian Jira and Confluence for cheap...

Atlassian is offering discounted licenses for Confluence and Jira. I like Atlassian a lot. They are creative, have good hearts and appreciate my kind of work ethic: lifestyle entrepreneurship. Sam Shirah just posted this in the JaxJUG mailing list:

If anyone is interested in JIRA or Confluence, Atlassian currently has a

5$ for 5 users deal. Versions are JIRA 3.13.3 and Confluence 2.10.3. I'm

sending… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on April 20, 2009 at 1:26pm — 1 Comment

Oracle buys Sun

Here is my take on the news about Oracle buying Sun. In some cases, company acquisitions simply kill competing business. So, Oracle's acquisition of Sun could do that, but I think Sun's products compliment Oracle's. Oracle does not have an operating system. PL/SQL is the closest thing Oracle has to a language. And, Oracle does not manufacture hardware. So, I think the Oracle acquisition of Sun will help advance Sun's product… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on April 20, 2009 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

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