Microsoft launches open source blog platform

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Dec 9, 2008 11:59 PM EDT
ZDNet Asia; By Matthew Broersma
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Microsoft has launched Oxite, an open source blogging platform. However, the software maker was quick to underline that the product is aimed at developers and not intended to directly compete with popular blogging software such as WordPress or Movable Type. Microsoft posted the Oxite code on its CodePlex Web site last week and made an official announcement this week. The software, described as an alpha release, is available under the Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL), one of Microsoft's OSI-certified open source licenses.

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