Date of first Cygwin release / 25th Anniversary

[Morten Kjærulff]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 9:45 AM Brian Inglis wrote:
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> 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."
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> >> In any case, happy 25th anniversary, Cygwin! Thanks to everybody who made
> >> it and continues to make it possible.
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> >> [1] https://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedings/usenix-nt98/full_papers/noer/noer_html/noer.html
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> > Oct 18.  See https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-talk/2005q4/001601.html
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> Schedule to watch the following on the 18th next month in celebration:
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTlnV6_uaK4 🥳
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My work PC would be useless without cygwin. Thanks and happy birthday!