Date of first Cygwin release / 25th Anniversary

[Brian Inglis]

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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