Jenkins 8,793 ' odd corners make more sense once you know its past: the hudson.* class names in every configuration file, the plugin-first design, and a governance model built to keep any one company from owning the name again. The project began as one engineer's side project at Sun, survived a trademark fight with Oracle, and now belongs to a Linux Foundation umbrella, with a commercial vendor, CloudBees 21,188 , beside it.
