It was 25 years ago today (18 August 1994) that I registered the
POVRAY.ORG domain. While the project had a presence on the internet
prior to this, the 18th was the beginning of having our 'own place' - a
permanent somewhere that wasn't just a sub-directory or forum on someone
else's server.

Having a domain dedicated to a free software project wasn't nearly as
common back then as it is today (nor as easy to set up; options for
hosting were very limited) and has allowed us to provide a stable
location and email addresses for the project for a quarter of a century now.

I noticed this was coming up when I went to renew the domain recently.
While of course it's no big deal in the scheme of things that it's
turned 25, it has made me think a little about the early days.

(And who knows, maybe there's even some users here that weren't born
when povray.org popped into existence ...).

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