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by jfrunyon 1736 days ago
> getting a self-hosted server up and running is too much pain

And yet many of them self-host Confluence. And many other things. And provision servers all the time. And you have to provide a CC (or maybe PO) for Confluence in any case. And you can't just associate Confluence with a cost centre. And you have to budget it. And... literally every single one of your arguments applies just as much to Confuence.
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ivan_gammel 1736 days ago
Self-hosted Confluence Server edition is a legacy of the times when cloud SaaS was not an option. Now you cannot even buy it, because it is being replaced with DataCenter edition.
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rablackburn 1733 days ago
It’s not that confluence doesn’t require a server, or a technological feature at all, it’s about the business processes.

The business is guided to build a setup where setting up confluence is no-friction. Whereas a one-off generic server is much higher in comparison.

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jfrunyon 1728 days ago
"It's not any of the things claimed in the comment you were replying to, but I'm going to argue with you anyway"
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