It was twenty years ago today...

[Jean-Francois Dockes]

Many happy returns !

jf

Olly Betts writes:
 > Xapian has turned 20!
 > 
 > Strictly speaking it was 20 years ago last month but I managed to miss
 > the true anniversary - the oldest commit in the Xapian repo is:
 > 
 > commit 8ced76ea128c8fb2792477e09b41fa989f2e572f
 > Author: Richard Boulton <richard at tartarus.org>
 > Date:   Fri Sep 10 09:50:40 1999 +0000
 > 
 >     Martins initial code, which didn't work for him but did for me.
 > 
 > Back then Richard, Martin and I all worked for BrightStation, and
 > Richard and I were working in a small office high above the foyer of St
 > John's Innovation Centre in Cambridge, UK - just behind the "/" strut
 > below the highest part of the roof about 1/4 in from the right of the
 > photo on:
 > 
 > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John%27s_Innovation_Centre#/media/File:St_Johns_Innovation_Centre.jpg
 > 
 > This was before the project was called Xapian.  Then 18 years ago
 > (actually to the day):
 > 
 > https://sourceforge.net/p/omseek/mailman/omseek-discuss/?viewmonth=200110
 > 
 > Cheers,
 >     Olly
 >