[fitsbits] Happy Birthday, FITS!

[Peter Bunclark]

Eric Greisen wrote:

>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
>
>  
>
Or, was that date '28/03/79' ....   :)

Pete.