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Re: your thoughts: special post for Debian birthday



Hi Brian,

On 12-08-13 21:09, Brian Potkin wrote:
> On Mon 12 Aug 2013 at 11:57:42 +0200, Ana Guerrero Lopez wrote:
> 
>> Dear users and contributors,
>>
>> We would like publishing a special post in bits.d.o for the anniversary of
>> Debian.  The idea is publishing anonymous quotes from Debian users and 
>> developers about what Debian means for you. Please send your quotes ASAP 
>> at ana-20@debian.org, Francesca and I will get all the emails send there.
> 
> Ana, please would you say what the date of the anniversary is.

August 16th

> Also,
> would you outline in what way it is may be special. Is it twenty years
> since the inception of Debian?

Ian Murdock, founder of Debian and the "ian" in Debian, announced on
usenet that he was working on Debian on August 16th, 1993.

So, yeah, 20 years.

> Doesn't time pass when you are enjoying yourself?

Quite.

-- 
This end should point toward the ground if you want to go to space.

If it starts pointing toward space you are having a bad problem and you
will not go to space today.

  -- http://xkcd.com/1133/


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