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R3ap3R · 03-31-08

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**Mootsfox** · 03-31-08

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To be honest, I have, or had, some money vested in Creative. As of open tommorow however, it will be auto-dumped. What I think is that it will hurt, but it may just (hopefully) usher in an era of open-source platforms for drivers and whatnot.... this may set the precendance for other companies to follow suit... not all companies embrace open source technology, but no company should publically decry the customer in the way that Creative did... what they did is abborhable... I am still in some kind of shock at the absolute magnitude we are talking... Hundreds of thousands of customers lost over the course of one weekend; many of whom used to be loyal Creative fans.... many more retail stores and employees who will no longer recommend, and may even decry, Creative products... yeah, Creative better be quick if they want to have a future... want to be they get bought out by another company once the dust settles (Like Yahoo, also going broke)?

I doubt 100,000+ customers are going to boycott Creative over this.

They have probably lost 100,000 customers since their height in 1994 though.

tehpwnerofn00bs · 03-31-08

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Originally Posted by R3ap3R

To be honest, I have, or had, some money vested in Creative. As of open tommorow however, it will be auto-dumped. What I think is that it will hurt, but it may just (hopefully) usher in an era of open-source platforms for drivers and whatnot.... this may set the precendance for other companies to follow suit... not all companies embrace open source technology, but no company should publically decry the customer in the way that Creative did... what they did is abborhable... I am still in some kind of shock at the absolute magnitude we are talking... Hundreds of thousands of customers lost over the course of one weekend; many of whom used to be loyal Creative fans.... many more retail stores and employees who will no longer recommend, and may even decry, Creative products... yeah, Creative better be quick if they want to have a future... want to be they get bought out by another company once the dust settles (Like Yahoo, also going broke)?

Honestly, what I might do - now don't hate me - is to see how much lower their stock drops tomorrow and the next day. If it gets really low, I'll buy a bunch and wait a year for them to sort themselves out and cash in.

13 3 @ 7 l 3 13 0 y · 03-31-08

someone on the creative forums had a very interesting thought. Maybe they're doing this because they are about to release their own official drivers for vista. then wouldn't you all feel stupid =P

R3ap3R · 03-31-08

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Originally Posted by 13 3 @ 7 l 3 13 0 y

someone on the creative forums had a very interesting thought. Maybe they're doing this because they are about to release their own official drivers for vista. then wouldn't you all feel stupid =P

If they do, it'll be admitting that they were sandbagging them to force people to buy the new, costlier cards

13 3 @ 7 l 3 13 0 y · 03-31-08

reaper, please take the link out of your sig on creative, thats just as bad as liniking in your post every time. in fact, you cant tell the difference.

*Murlocke* · 03-31-08

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Originally Posted by 13 3 @ 7 l 3 13 0 y

someone on the creative forums had a very interesting thought. Maybe they're doing this because they are about to release their own official drivers for vista. then wouldn't you all feel stupid =P

I read that to.. but the thing is.. they should of said "Our fixed drivers are coming soon".

They also should of PMed the guy and not posted about him in the public like that. Very unprofessional. I'm not sure if that mod did that on his own or what, but I would be very surprised if he still has his job by the end of tomorrow if he did that on his own will.

Infact, I'm pretty sure theres going to be quite a few lay offs at creative tomorrow involving that public post.

justarealguy · 03-31-08

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reaper, please take the link out of your sig on creative, thats just as bad as liniking in your post every time. in fact, you cant tell the difference.

Sadly, I don't see it breaking any rules.

If you have a problem with a user, please use the report function. A moderator will review it and take action if needed.

R3ap3R · 03-31-08

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Sadly, I don't see it breaking any rules.

If you have a problem with a user, please use the report function. A moderator will review it and take action if needed.

I removed it anyway... I can spam there the old fashioned way, lol

MNiceGuy · 03-31-08

Exactly

Calling him out in public was a mistake.

You'd think that if the official drivers were coming then they would have announced something to put the fire out before it got to the point is has now. Also, if a FORUM user was able to reach 'Vista Ready' before Creative, that certainly doesn't make Creative look good regardless of what they do from this point forward.

Also, why weren't these things launched with offical Vista drivers in the first place? It was advertised to do so and should have right out of the box on day one of launch.

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