Aegis' birthday

I got to wondering what Aegis' birthday was, so I delved into my ancient
backups, and find the following dates:

First integration of Aegis self hosting Aegis:
        Fri Sep 14 15:19:21 1990 AEST
        Fri Sep 14 05:19:21 1990 GMT
This is slightly earlier than I had remembered.  Most of the features
were already present: code reviews, automated tests, continuous
integration.  I had been using it to host Cook for a few months prior.

At the time, I was not using "post numbered" releases.  So the last
change set of a given version number marks its release date.

The last 1.0 change set was dated 1992-Jun-13.  This is the date of the
first public release.  Or is it?

Delving into my email archive, it seems to be more complicated than one
expects, given today's "huge" network speeds.  The 1.0 tarball was
424kB, and with Usenet on 1200 baud modems, that was a very long upload.
I have email replies to a Usenet posting I appear to have made, looking
for alpha testers, and an offer of FTP space.  The first reply is dated
1992-Jun-05.

However, I also have an email I sent to the FTP site, telling them of a
file in incoming (aegis.tar.Z) dated 1992-Jun-13.  Which would seem to
validate the 1992-Jun-13 date seen in the project history.

Mark it in you diaries, folks: Aegis turns 20 on 2012-Jun-13.
We'll have to think of something appropriately celebratory.


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