{"id":293,"date":"2010-06-10T18:19:58","date_gmt":"2010-06-10T17:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/?p=293"},"modified":"2010-06-10T18:21:10","modified_gmt":"2010-06-10T17:21:10","slug":"my-first-ever-vmware-support-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/?p=293","title":{"rendered":"My first ever VMware support request"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been using VMware since 2001-2002 and decided I would try to track down my old VMware workstation product keys. The earliest I could find was 2003 VMware Workstation 4 upgrade key. However I did find my first ever support request I submitted with VMware dating 13\/03\/2002. I decided to tweet it out see if any VMware tweets could trace it and I got a reply within minutes:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/virtualizeplanet.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-294\" title=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualizeplanet.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/1.jpg 303w, http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/1-300x92.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The reply from a VMware employee was:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/virtualizeplanet.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-295\" title=\"2\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualizeplanet.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/2.jpg 302w, http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/2-300x94.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And I was amazed:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/virtualizeplanet.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-296\" title=\"3\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualizeplanet.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/3.jpg 301w, http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/3-300x94.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Proof I&#8217;m old skool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been using VMware since 2001-2002 and decided I would try to track down my old VMware workstation product keys. 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