Date of first Cygwin release / 25th Anniversary

[Allen Hewes]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cygwin <cygwin-bounces@cygwin.com> On Behalf Of Corinna
> Vinschen
> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 2:51 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Date of first Cygwin release / 25th Anniversary
>
> On Sep 23 19:53, Kevin Schnitzius via Cygwin wrote:
> > On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, 02:33:13 PM EDT, David Eisner via
> Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In any case, happy 25th anniversary, Cygwin! Thanks to everybody who
> made it and continues to make it possible.
> > I purchased the 1.0 release CD in 1999:
> > https://imgur.com/2UnLDhk
>
> I still have a shrink-wrapped 1.0 package, never opened since we had two of
> them.  This pristine copy is probably worth millions now!1!11
>

I have a book to go with the CD:
https://imgur.com/jiAll5X

My un-used registration code expired 24 years and 11 months ago!

Congrats on the 25th Cygwin and contributors,

/allen

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