Hence the "quick start guide." Thankfully most software vendors seem to have "caught on." i.e. I don't want to read 800 pages of technical nonsense, most of which I may never need, to get their product's basic functionality working. Sure, sure when I want to go configuring Oracle or SAP or SharePoint I need to peruse that length document for technical assist but I don't have that kind of time if all I want to do is run a simple backup on Windows or Linux or whatever. This is backup software, and I want to do backups with it. If I wanted a fortnight's read I'd have taken an English class. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that a competent admin doesn't need to be familiar with the ends and out of a product. But if you are just taking a new software for a "test drive" then why all the hassle? I never put anything into production without kicking its tires a few times in dev, and what happens if in Dev I found out the product isn't going to meet muster? I regret all the time spent reading their )!*&#$^ admin guide instead of playing with my wife / kids / Halo 3 / what have you. Just my $.02 -Jonathan
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Keating Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:10 AM To: Jeff Lightner; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about NBU I have my doubts. You'd be surprised how many folks skip the product manuals and go straight for the O'Reilly books -- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Lightner Sent: April 01, 2008 10:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Curtis Preston; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about NBU While on the surface it seems reasonable to say look at the manuals/pdfs it seems that someone that went to the effort of buying and reading a 3rd party book probably has already done that so. Therefore the admonishment would be unnecessary. ==================================================================================== La version française suit le texte anglais. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email may contain privileged and/or confidential information, and the Bank of Canada does not waive any related rights. Any distribution, use, or copying of this email or the information it contains by other than the intended recipient is unauthorized. If you received this email in error please delete it immediately from your system and notify the sender promptly by email that you have done so. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Le présent courriel peut contenir de l'information privilégiée ou confidentielle. La Banque du Canada ne renonce pas aux droits qui s'y rapportent. Toute diffusion, utilisation ou copie de ce courriel ou des renseignements qu'il contient par une personne autre que le ou les destinataires désignés est interdite. Si vous recevez ce courriel par erreur, veuillez le supprimer immédiatement et envoyer sans délai à l'expéditeur un message électronique pour l'aviser que vous avez éliminé de votre ordinateur toute copie du courriel reçu.
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