Need Xbox 360 Chatpad driver

If anyone is interested in adding XBox 360 chatpad support to there XNA Game Studio games for Windows or Xbox 360, it is actually very simple, here is a blog post about it. http://hexdollgames.co.cc/?p=40#comment-7

First, has anyone written a driver for anything? I think that would be a great start. I think that @Madrang made a great start with getting thebyte flags. Actually, if anyone has information on writing drivers, please post info.

I primarily want to use it for a MMO so that I don't have to have my keyboard in my lap just to get things done. Chatting is essential in the game and the extra keys would be great for macros.

Microsoft, if you read this know that you lost money today. I am purchasing from your direct competitor (Gaming related) because you refused to make any attempt of a driver for something that has obvious potential to be used on a computer. Anyone who cannot see that is just plain short on brain mater. Sony will get my money and that makes me happy. I just recently started looking for a controller with an attached keyboard. I just found out that this situation is 3 + years brewing without resolution or even an attempt. You can't even open up for 3rd party software to make the drivers. 

You just lost my confidence in Games for Windows / Microsoft hardware for games / you ability to see potential in your own products. 

You "had" the best game-pad controller. Just like you had the best mobile OS for the longest time. Seems to be a habit developing problem of neglecting your customers and software/hardware. Good to know. Maybe I'll buy an Android phone after all since you will just let this next bit of code called Windows Mobile fail also.

Did you hear? Apple is the most valuable technology company now. You even lost that throne to a loser company like Apple that forces people to do it their way or not at all. You are the better company. Now start proving it to your customers again. You made a great start with Windows 7. Now do it again with Windows Mobile. You can find a single code writer and tell him to work on this chatpad driver also. You have plenty of people.

You want people to think Windows is a gaming platform worthy of all that hype you keep spilling, then make it true and give us some damn drivers for something that is obviously game related and in your best interest.

You already lost me. Hopefully, you can safe the next person who is looking.

Even worse, you can actually use the chatpad with OS X. Someone wrote a driver so the Xbox 360 Controller with Chatpad works on a Mac!! Why can't we get a solution for the PC?!?!?

Fund raising is on going at mp3car.com to raise money for to reward the development of an open source driver. If nobody at Microsoft can help us, then this seems to be the next best option.

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/hardware-development/140189-contest-xbox-chatpad-driver-challenge.html

Purse as of end of August was $320 - and it looks about another $150-200 has been pledged since. Encourage you all to go over and put $25 in the kitty.

It is so sad that I can use my Microsoft chatpad with an iPhone with an Apple OS, with a Mac with an Apple OS, with a PSP with a Sony OS, but to use it with my Windows PC it is just not possible without tunneling it through an Xbox.  

How sad is it that something which various communities have been clamoring for, begging really, since 2007 is just dismissed wholesale by the company which is in the best position to provide the solution; that solution beinga simple driver.