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Old 03-31-08   #511 (permalink)
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In late March of 2008, Creative experienced a massive public relations backlash in response to a post by the Vice President of Corporate Communications, Phil O'Shaughnessy. In a message posted to the Creative public discussion forums, O'Shaughnessy threatened user Daniel_K for his role in the distribution of modified drivers for Creative hardware. Daniel_K, a well-known member of the Creative community, modified official drivers in order to allow compatibility on Windows Vista. O'Shaughnessy took particular issue with the fact that the modified drivers "run on other products for which they are not intended" as well as the fact that Daniel_K was soliciting donations from users in return for his time spent working on them. In addition to demanding that Daniel_K respect Creative's "legal rights in this matter", they also terminated all forum threads regarding Daniel's modified drivers. The action was seen by many as an heavy-handed approach to a user who was making Creative's products operate as advertised. In addition, some users have smashed up their Creative hardwares in response to the incident.[4]
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Creative already lost a customer(me) on January 1st 2008, when my Zen V Plus crapped out, and(to further piss me off) on the first day when I had my $50 Creative headphones(a gift), I put them on my head and my head broke them, but they still work.
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I love Creative!

I love my Vision: M which works in Vista.

People have issues. Creative don't suck it's the driver coders.
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WOW. This is a lot of ruckus over nothing. The Vista drivers/software has ALWAYS worked just fine for me. I can't see any evidence of breaching the EULA but if he did, I hope Creative whoops his a55.

The internet is turning into a season of The Days of Our Lives. Everyone is waiting for the next big drama bandwagon even if they dont pertain to the subject at all.

Everyone jumped on this guys bandwagon and made a big stink. There wasnt a "problem" of this magnitude until Daniel came along and now everyone wants their 15 minutes of fame.

If he is right and hasnt breached the EULA then more power to him. If he is in the wrong...well, dont drop the soap
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WOW. This is a lot of ruckus over nothing. The Vista drivers/software has ALWAYS worked just fine for me. I can't see any evidence of breaching the EULA but if he did, I hope Creative whoops his a55.

The internet is turning into a season of The Days of Our Lives. Everyone is waiting for the next big drama bandwagon even if they dont pertain to the subject at all.

Everyone jumped on this guys bandwagon and made a big stink. There wasnt a "problem" of this magnitude until Daniel came along and now everyone wants their 15 minutes of fame.

If he is right and hasnt breached the EULA then more power to him. If he is in the wrong...well, dont drop the soap
I'll drop the soap down ur throat so you choke to death
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WOW. This is a lot of ruckus over nothing. The Vista drivers/software has ALWAYS worked just fine for me. I can't see any evidence of breaching the EULA but if he did, I hope Creative whoops his a55.

The internet is turning into a season of The Days of Our Lives. Everyone is waiting for the next big drama bandwagon even if they dont pertain to the subject at all.

Everyone jumped on this guys bandwagon and made a big stink. There wasnt a "problem" of this magnitude until Daniel came along and now everyone wants their 15 minutes of fame.

If he is right and hasnt breached the EULA then more power to him. If he is in the wrong...well, dont drop the soap
Daniel_K should burn in hell for stealing other people's work and trying to get money. He has conned people who donate to him.
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The story made it to the front page of The Consumerist!

http://consumerist.com/

http://consumerist.com/373901/creati...rty-programmer
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