[Ahmes]

Oh FFS, really? Really??

There are an infinite number of ways to communicate how not to do things. Enumerating them only serves to decrease the entropy rate.

What I suspect is most people enjoyed this article because VMware made a fool of themselves, but not, as you suggest, because it provides an enlightening anecdote that will inspire the reader to avoid a common pitfall and yield an effective checkout process.

[khafra]

I suspect you're getting downvoted for your tone, because your point is legitimate:"reversed stupidity is not intelligence" -EY

[tghw]

While it is true that "reversed stupidity is not intelligence", that does not mean negative examples are without merits.

Someone once said to me "A smart person learns from their mistakes, a brilliant person learns from other people's mistakes."

Positive examples show you what you should do and how you should do it, but they often leave out why. A negative example makes it very clear why you should do things a certain way and avoid doing them other ways.