The day has finally come and we have shipped Windows Live Writer without calling it a beta. Even though it's version number appears as 12.0.1366.1026 (I'm not sure I want to explain how a first generation product gets to be '12.0', but there it is) in the 'About' dialog, and even though it called 'Windows Live Writer 2008', it will always remain Writer 1.0 to me.
Joe, as always, has put together a great synopsis of the release featuring highlights and lowlights, and as should be the case, there aren't a lot of lowlights anymore. We spent most of the last couple of months ironing those out, and getting the product ready to be called Gold.
Congratulations to everyone who worked on and contributed to Windows Live Writer 1.0. Creating a product from nothing is an incredible challenge, and I am incredibly proud of the product that we have created.