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Published 12/9/2008 by Matthew Broersma at CNET News - Business Tech

On Monday, Microsoft 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 ... (link)

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