Date of first Cygwin release / 25th Anniversary

[Csaba Raduly]

On Wed, 23 Sep 2020 at 21:17, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] via
Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Eisner via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
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> > 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.
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> Oct 18.  See https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-talk/2005q4/001601.html

U+1F389, Cygwin

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