Microsoft open-sources dead, but beloved Windows Live Writer as Open Live Writer

Sometimes Microsoft creates a piece of software that doesn’t necessarily catch on with the general public but still wins over a dedicated core of users. Typically these programs die a long, slow death, but one such program will live on. Microsoft recently decided to open source Windows Live Writer, the blog writing software that the company ceased developing in 2012.
The program has been renamed Open Live Writer and you can download version 0.5 from the project’s dedicated site. The