I for one prefer well executed email confirmations above overzealous validation, making me type my email twice, etc.
As long as I don&#x27;t have to wait for the mail to arrive, it&#x27;s fine with me.<p>Regarding their sales strategy, I&#x27;m surprised the article didn&#x27;t mention product-integration. There&#x27;s a great deal of integration going on between their products and that – if I had to guess – translates to a market of existing customers that are vastly more likely to buy (&#x2F;rent) another of their products. Anecdotal evidence: after some people at our company successfully politicked for Jira, now they&#x27;ve got their Crucible license and are already evaluating Confluence and HipChat. Well played, Atlassian.<p>Also: personally, I don&#x27;t agree with the article that Jira is simple, but our managers seem to love it.<p>Edit: typos&#x2F;grammar