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What was the first version of Jira or Confluence you worked on? #TBT

Kristján Geir Mathiesen

It's Thursday!

giphy

Ok, good folk. When I starting using Jira, as a regular user back in 2010, it was on version 4.1 But as an admin, I first started working on version 5.2.

Can you remember what was the first version of Jira or Confluence you used?

Let’s make it a great Thursday!
KGM

Comments

Karen Rogalski

I worked on Version 4.1 also. The Jira UI has changed but basic functionality is the same plus all the new Agile stuff.

Patrícia Fortunato Montenegro

Hi @Kristján Geir Mathiesen

Interesting question 😃 !

I started to use Jira recently in 2016 - and the version was 7.0.9.

But, I attended one big customer a few years ago that still used version 4.1 in the IT team. They had this version for a reason, but I got impressed with the interface and features, hahaha!

Always delightful to remember!

Cheers, 😊😁👏

Bill Bailey

Confluence 4.0 in 2011! A whole decade of Confluence admining. ;-)

Jimmy Seddon

I didn't start using Jira until April of 2014 and I immediately started as an admin learning on the job. Prior to that I worked at an Atlassian competitor so I had a relative idea of how to get started. I believe that would have been version 6.1 of Jira Server that I started on.

Confluence, I have only ever used Cloud and I didn't start using it until 2019 so not that long ago.

Tuncay Senturk _Snapbytes_

Great topic, thanks @Kristján Geir Mathiesen

When I started working with Jira it was 3.x (probably 3.7)

As a plugin developer, I started with Jira 4.1.

As an admin, I started with Jira 5.x.

Thorhalla Gudmundsdottir Beck

I only started this year so that would be 8.something, I guess? Can't remember, I'm not good with numbers :þ

Darin Klein_wr932i

Confluence 4 in 2011 as well. So many improvements, but I still miss wiki text. :-)

Kristján Geir Mathiesen

@Darin Klein YES, wiki text!

Sebastian Krzewiński

I started with Jira 4.4 and my company decided to moved to Jira 5. It was a huuuuuge UI improvment for me In some period of time I was working on Jira 4 and 5 in the same time. Sometimes was very hard to switch from v5 to v4

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Ok, I'm going to show my age here...

Jira 2.something

Confluence 1

My first job with Atlassian stuff was "version 3 comes out soon, you need to be ready to upgrade to it, and then become the owner/admin". A part of that was even merging a Jira 1 into the nice shiny new 3.0.3 I'd upgraded to.

Kristján Geir Mathiesen

And the "winner" so far is...

giphy

@Nic Brough -Adaptavist-! Version 2.something, dang! That is cool

Ollie Guan

This is indeed a few years old. I remember that in Q2 of 2013, we purchased Jira 5.1(greenhopper+bonfire), Confluence 5.0, Stash.

Taranjeet Singh

Great post, @Kristján Geir Mathiesen !

As far as I remember, I started working as an Atlassian Consultant and Admin on Jira Server v6.1 and Confluence Server v5.4.

ABDULLAHI OLASUPO

Confluence 4 in 2011 same here.

Great #tbt @Kristján Geir Mathiesen

Himanshu Jadon

started using it in year 2013 and I love this TB Thursday, thanks for keep on posting this.

@Kristján Geir Mathiesen

Kristján Geir Mathiesen

So glad you like them, @Himanshu Jadon , thank you.

Dave LIAO

Oof, I don't even want to think about it... 😅

To age myself, I remember when Jira Agile wasn't Jira Agile, and was a separate add-on. 🦗

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

@Dave LIAO - working backwards, I remember Jira Software... Jira Agile... Greenhopper... Not having boards... (Greenhopper was one of Atlassian's earliest acquisitions if memory serves, and I think the original authors were Greenpepper!)

Kristján Geir Mathiesen

@Dave LIAO wow, co'mon. Share it with us, brother...

Ah, Greenhopper! I think I was at the mid or end tail of it, @Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Tuncay Senturk _Snapbytes_

I think I am also old enough to see all @Nic Brough -Adaptavist- mentioned

Similar to Greenhopper -> Jira Agile -> Jira Software journey, post-acquisition of VertygoSLA

VertygoSLA -> Jira Service Desk -> Jira Service Management

Kristján Geir Mathiesen

Seems like @Tuncay Senturk _Snapbytes_ and @Nic Brough -Adaptavist- could / should write a book about the history and evolution of Jira Would be a good Christmas read, since this is the time for jólabókaflóð:

jólabókaflóð.jfif

Mariano_gmlums

Me having lived in Iceland a few years ago, and missing old versions of Jira, this brings a lovely yet nostalgic tear to me eye, thank you !

John Funk

I started out on Cloud nearly 9 years ago. Not sure what the version was back then. Or even now HAHA

Karen Rogalski

Jira Server version 2 I think, about 14 years ago; way before Greenhopper.

Ed Gaile _Atlanta_ GA_

Pretty sure it was 4.1 for Jira

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

I've just run into a Jira 3.4 that I used to be a part-time admin of, <mumble> years ago. Their current admin has found me on Linked-in and asked for help upgrading to a version that they can use JCMA on!

Lorenzo Phillips

I might be showing my age here 🤓, but I worked on the original publicly available version of Jira. The biz world was coming out of the open source days but didn’t want to spend millions on the available tool, which I won’t name to avoid further aging myself. Jira was good, cheap, and met most of the requirements of our clients. Have been riding with them ever since and glad I made a smart choice. 😝🤪😎

Dave LIAO

Hilarious, love how this post from December 2021 still is getting traction!

When someone says GreenHopper, my right eye twitches.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Ahh. Greenhopper. That's "get a few beers and talk" material

Marc -Devoteam-

Hi,

I can't remember the exact version, but it most have been 3 or 4. I can remember that we bought the greenhopper and vertygo sla plugin later on.

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