Date of first Cygwin release / 25th Anniversary

[Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]]

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> From: David Eisner via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 2:33 PM
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> 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

- Barry
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