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From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Date of first Cygwin release / 25th Anniversary
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 01:44:22 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <926cf86e-d8a9-444b-2a15-0fe1d1db29db@SystematicSw.ab.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <MN2PR09MB47299D499AC7A98A29C803339B380@MN2PR09MB4729.namprd09.prod.outlook.com>


On 2020-09-23 13:16, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] via Cygwin wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 23, 2020 2:33 PM, David Eisner wrote:
>> Cygwin started in 1995.[1] Does anybody know the date of the first release?
>> I recognize that there may be no definitive answer, depending on how one
>> defines "release."
>> 
>> In any case, happy 25th anniversary, Cygwin! Thanks to everybody who made 
>> it and continues to make it possible.
>> 
>> [1] https://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedings/usenix-nt98/full_papers/noer/noer_html/noer.html

> Oct 18.  See https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-talk/2005q4/001601.html

Schedule to watch the following on the 18th next month in celebration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTlnV6_uaK4 🥳🎉🙌🎂🕯

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-09-24  7:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-23 18:32 David Eisner
2020-09-23 19:16 ` Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
2020-09-23 20:15   ` David Eisner
2020-09-23 23:18   ` Csaba Raduly
2020-09-24  7:44   ` Brian Inglis [this message]
2020-09-24 13:41     ` Morten Kjærulff
     [not found] ` <1654722903.18588.1600889908653@mail.yahoo.com>
2020-09-23 19:53   ` Kevin Schnitzius
2020-10-13 18:50     ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-10-13 19:34       ` Allen Hewes
2020-10-18 18:45       ` David Eisner

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