And with a rational license too...
What the hell has happened at Microsoft? With the new Linux Cert and now releasing old code with a rational license...
Maybe now that Bill and the Chair-tossing monkey have left, rationality is breaking out.
Microsoft has released Windows Live Writer, a popular blog authoring tool, as an open source project on GitHub, under the MIT licence. The original Live Writer was developed by a company called Onfolio, founded by JJ Allaire when he left Allaire Corporation, the business he founded with his brother Jeremy to create web …
Microsoft seems to enjoy putting awesome software on the back burner, even now, for home use, MS Money is possibly the best home finance software (easy to use, nice information presentation etc.), so sticking all their great products which they have dumped out as Open Source can only be a good thing.
I doubt they would do it with MS Money though, it would be a strong target for miscreants to steal financial information, which is a shame, it's still the best I've found.
Just rember Google Blogger sites will not be accessible during this transition. Microsoft Live Writer "depends" on the Old Google auth protocol which they switched "off" 12-11-2015 and locked everyone out who uses Microsoft Live Writer on a Google Blogger website. The new Open Live Writer does not have code yet for using the protocol fashionistas at Google "mandate" forced update.. Google just loves playing "hide the ball" with everyone.. they've become the new AOL.