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Tag: documentation

  • Bad documentation writing

    From the VMware Workstation manual:

    Use virtual machines or system images created with products from other companies such as Norton, Symantec, and StorageCraft.

    Someone isn’t very good at checking their facts. I do have to wonder how someone manages to find out that Symantec has a system imaging product without knowing that Norton is a Symantec brand name. You’d think the logo on the box or web site would be a clue.

  • How to make your manual really long

    From the VMware Workstation manual:

    Workstation supports virtual machines with 64‐bit guest operating systems only on host machines that have one of the supported 64‐bit processors. When you power on a virtual machine with a 64‐bit guest operating system, Workstation performs an internal check. If the host CPU is not a supported 64‐bit processor, you cannot power on the virtual machine.

    [snip four lines]

    Workstation supports virtual machines with 64‐bit guest operating systems only on host machines that have one of the supported 64‐bit processors. When you power on a virtual machine with a 64‐bit guest operating system, Workstation performs an internal check. If the host CPU is not a supported 64‐bit processor, you cannot power on the virtual machine.

    I guess somebody was getting paid by the page.