{"id":2577,"date":"2015-12-12T08:15:03","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T15:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/?p=2577"},"modified":"2022-09-26T11:13:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T18:13:02","slug":"microsoft-live-writer-goes-open-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/microsoft-live-writer-goes-open-source\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Live Writer goes Open Source"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is really good news&#8230;&nbsp; Microsoft Live Writer is a tool I use daily, and for several years no one knew what the future of it was going to be..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So many of us went on to find alternatives, but nothing simple and good is available on the marketplace (remember FrontPage &#8211; Anything comparable?)&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It really makes blog writing process simple.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; You keep drafts you are working on, and just publish them when you are read..&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So to hear <a href=\"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/link-not-available\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this announcement<\/a> :<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Today is the day. An independent group of volunteers within Microsoft has successfully open sourced and forked Windows Live Writer&#8230;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>was truly music to my ears..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Windows Live Writer 2012 was the last version Microsoft released and we have been wondering what was going to happen to it ever since&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>So a big THANK YOU to Microsoft and the volunteers that have made this possible&#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cheers!<\/p>\n<p>Related articles\/sites:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/link-not-available\/\">http:\/\/www.dotnetfoundation.org\/blog\/open-live-writer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hanselman.com\/blog\/AnnouncingOpenLiveWriterAnOpenSourceForkOfWindowsLiveWriter.aspx\">http:\/\/hanselman.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200522073015\/http:\/\/openlivewriter.org:80\/\">http:\/\/openlivewriter.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/link-not-available\/\" TARGET=\"_BLANK\">http:\/\/www.dotnetfoundation.org\/blog\/open-live-writer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:x-small\">Published using <a href=\"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/link-not-available\/\" TARGET=\"_BLANK\">eKalendaro<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is really good news&#8230;&nbsp; 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