Easy CD Creator = frustration

OK, so it's old. Easy CD Creator 5. But, I thought, it's nothing
fancy like a data backup. It is a simple disc-to-disc copy of a
single-track audio CD (albeit filling up the entire CD).

Roxio Easy CD Creator: Coaster

Sony CD Extreme (also a venerable program): Works fine.

Yes, I know, I know, I shouldn't have trusted one of those two, but on
a simple audio disc-to-disc image? (Don't answer, of course -- it's
rhetorical).

/Rant off

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Roxio is the Firestone of CDR software
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AndyHancock wrote:

OK, so it's old. Easy CD Creator 5. But, I thought, it's nothing
fancy like a data backup. It is a simple disc-to-disc copy of a
single-track audio CD (albeit filling up the entire CD).

Roxio Easy CD Creator: Coaster

Sony CD Extreme (also a venerable program): Works fine.

Yes, I know, I know, I shouldn't have trusted one of those two, but on
a simple audio disc-to-disc image? (Don't answer, of course -- it's
rhetorical).

/Rant off

What do you expect from a program that's released with critical bugs?

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Easy Coaster Creator 5 Released w/ Critical Bugs
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From: Mike Richter (Roxio Beta Tester)
Date: 5/15/01

My own recommendation was to withhold release
until all critical bugs were exterminated

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From: Deirdre Straughan (Roxio)
Date: 5/30/01

We try to avoid releasing software with critical bugs
- those which can damage systems and/or data.

But it did not turn up in lab or beta testing
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how HUGE are your BALLS, Adrian Miller?
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Only a trashy company like Roxio or Adaptec
let loosed in Usenet this utter trash
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Deirdre Straughan (Roxio) is a LIAR
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Mike Richter is a LIAR
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AndyHancock wrote:

OK, so it's old. Easy CD Creator 5. But, I thought, it's nothing
fancy like a data backup. It is a simple disc-to-disc copy of a
single-track audio CD (albeit filling up the entire CD).

Roxio Easy CD Creator: Coaster

Sony CD Extreme (also a venerable program): Works fine.

Yes, I know, I know, I shouldn't have trusted one of those two, but on
a simple audio disc-to-disc image? (Don't answer, of course -- it's
rhetorical).

/Rant off

At least you got it to install without killing your system:

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From: "Hibbard T. Smith, JR"
Date: 4/11/01
Subject: EZCD 5 and Windows 2K (Very long post, sorry)

Mike Richter (cRoxio ****) spewed:


Okay Mike. Whom do you think I should blame? I had a perfectly
working system which is an indispensable part of my livelihood.
I installed a "new, better" upgraded piece of software which came
highly touted from the manufacturer and it toasted my system.
I then did a lot of research, applied all their recommendations
and it did it again. Then I built an entirely new system from
scratch and tried once more (believing that no vendor would
release something that bad). And, it killed my system again.

So, WHO SHOULD I BLAME?
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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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(Mike Richter, Any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)

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Easy Coaster Creator 5 Released w/ Critical Bugs
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From: Mike Richter (Gut Spilling Roxio Beta Tester)
Date: 5/15/01

My own recommendation was to withhold release
until all critical bugs were exterminated
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Was Mikey spilling the guts out?

The above Mikey's seeming gut spilling came only *AFTER* the following
(5/4/01) articles:

CD Creator 5 Platinum Tangles With Windows 2000
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,49284,00.asp

Stop! Don't install Easy CD Creator 5 til you read this story
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18741.html

Until the above articles Mikey crapped:

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From: Mike Richter (cRoxio ****)
Date: 3/18/01

You have heard three sorts of problem reports:

1) Installation troubles
2) Specific inconveniences and stupidities on a relatively
minor level

3) Speculative and uninformed general complaints, notably
from one troll who acknowledges that it has never run ECDC.
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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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[Mike Richter, Any Material Connection w/ Roxio?]