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Windows Live Writer Is No More

image In what can only be described as a bizarre and non-sensical decision, Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on Windows Live Writer. Our insider sources tell us that because of the long delay between builds for the final release of the first version of Writer that it was deemed to costly to keep the project going.

This is going to come as a big disappointment to a lot of bloggers as the software has proven itself to be immensely popular due to the rich array of plugins available for it as well as ease of use and the shear number of blog engines it supported.

I can only hope that the guys behind Live Writer decide to write an open source edition, or something similar so that the masses can still easily blog without having to go to their blog to actually do it. So Writer might be dead, but if you want to remember the good times about the program, remember to check our posts about the program.

SL

 

Only kidding smile_teeth You have to love a good April Fools’ Day joke (yeah, ok, it wasn't a good joke, but hey...).

Comments

 

jamiet said:

Rubbish!!!

:)

April 1, 2008 12:03 PM
 

ScottIsAFool said:

Hey, it can't have been that bad, it's already fooled one person who shall remain annonymous... ;)

April 1, 2008 12:09 PM
 

kcorax said:

Oh come on, I could tell it's a hoax just by looking at  the title it in my Windows Live Reader.

April 1, 2008 12:36 PM
 

WyzyrdMyrrlyn said:

WHAT????

Please, God, let this poor fool be mistaken...

April 1, 2008 12:54 PM
 

Mephiles said:

The BBC did a better joke :p

www.bbc.co.uk/.../epeng001.shtml

April 1, 2008 12:56 PM
 

WyzyrdMyrrlyn said:

scott...

i stopped after ur SL siggy and then went back up

that is evil and cruel and had me covered. GOD WILL STRIKE YOU DOWN!!!!

And that has the same status as your stupid post.

April 1, 2008 12:57 PM
 

ScottIsAFool said:

Haha, that's why I put the confession after by signature, and after the jump ;)

April 1, 2008 1:44 PM
 

rb1385 said:

Nice one Scott :)

I thought Microsoft had lost their minds for a second :)

April 1, 2008 3:21 PM
 

wargarurumon said:

I've heard better ones

in Belgium they wrote in a newspaper that a relatively small politician planned on buying parts of the country's highways

now thats funny

April 1, 2008 7:14 PM
 

John Caboose said:

fucking hate April 1st.

April 1, 2008 8:07 PM
 

Alber1690 said:

I was about to say...

April 1, 2008 11:55 PM
 

tophtucker said:

Haha you fooled me for a minute there... phew!

April 2, 2008 1:33 AM
 

vipwoody said:

not bad :D

April 2, 2008 4:21 PM

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