[fitsbits] Happy Birthday, FITS!

[Eric Greisen]

Don Wells writes:
 > Dear Friends-of-FITS,
 > 
 > I have always considered March 28th to be the birthday of FITS,
 > because the original Basic FITS Agreement was finalized on 1979-03-28.
 > So today is the 24th birthday of the FITS Agreement.  Those of you who
 > are not familiar with the history of how the Agreement was reached,
 > and how it came to be the standard for astronomical data, can consult
 > the following URL, which gives my version of that history:
 > 
 >     http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/documents/overviews/history.news
 > 
 > Eric Greisen, the other negotiator for the Agreement, has recently
 > produced his own version of that early history, plus his view of the
 > role and nature of the FITS Agreements during the past 24 years. His
 > version is to be a chapter in a book. Perhaps he could post the URL for
 > a copy of that chapter.

The book has now been published, but my version of my chapter is
available from my home page

http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~egreisen

Eric