From: David Eisner <deisner@gmail.com>
To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: Re: Date of first Cygwin release / 25th Anniversary
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 16:15:49 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC4i1z2cjGwT=xsTtRX7qAUcVOJeb+vfj=nx8eaO9EZPz24jkA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <MN2PR09MB47299D499AC7A98A29C803339B380@MN2PR09MB4729.namprd09.prod.outlook.com>
On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 3:18 PM Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] via
Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Eisner via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 2:33 PM
> > To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> > Subject: Date of first Cygwin release / 25th Anniversary
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > -David
> >
> > [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
>
Well there you go. Thanks! Glad I didn't miss it. I've made a note to have
a celebratory slice of cake on October 18th.
-David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-23 20:16 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 [this message]
2020-09-23 23:18 ` Csaba Raduly
2020-09-24 7:44 ` Brian Inglis
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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