Hey together.
This is not just a feature-update.
Unfortunately we have some sad but necessary news about Linchpin Hey. After 2 years of development, we have decided to stop development as well as marketing and sales efforts for Linchpin Hey.
Part of agile software development is ending projects when external conditions change and the idea of developing a relevant product fades. I'm sure you saw Atlas as part of Atlassian Team 2022 in Las Vegas. Atlassian's newest product, which was previously known as 'Team Central’. Atlas' goal is to make collaboration more transparent and connect teams. If you compare both products there are too many parallels.
Our plans are to use the resources that we would have put in to Linchpin Hey and develop new Atlassian Cloud Apps to further expand Linchpin in the Atlassian Cloud. Check out our newest apps for Confluence Cloud:
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If you have any questions about Linchpin's path to the cloud or regarding current migration projects with your customers, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Due to our intensive internal use, we will continue to let Hey Live, new Workspaces can be created. You can also purchase a license and build your intranet on Hey. We will not shut down the servers, nor will we make things more restrictive. However, there will be no more active development.
What is included in this new version?
We added the topics-feature. One of the most requested features, if not the most requested. Topics structure your post timeline and only the topics you subscribe to show up.
Subscribe to existing topics, create new ones, add topics to your own posts and create order and structure in your post communication.
We thank you for your trust in Hey on behalf of the entire Hey product team and wish you all the best for the future.
Sarah & Samuel
Product Management