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1The UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD
2---------------------------------------------
3
4First Edition (V1)
5     |
6Second Edition (V2)
7     |
8Third Edition (V3)
9     |
10Fourth Edition (V4)
11     |
12Fifth Edition (V5)
13     |
14Sixth Edition (V6) -----*
15       \                |
16        \               |
17         \              |
18Seventh Edition (V7)    |
19            \           |
20             \        1BSD
21             32V        |
22               \      2BSD---------------*
23                \    /                   |
24                 \  /                    |
25                  \/                     |
26                 3BSD                    |
27                  |                      |
28               4.0BSD                2.79BSD
29                  |                      |
30               4.1BSD --------------> 2.8BSD
31                  |                      |
32              4.1aBSD -----------\       |
33                  |                \     |
34              4.1bBSD                \   |
35                  |                    \ |
36      *------ 4.1cBSD --------------> 2.9BSD
37     /            |                      |
38Eighth Edition    |                   2.9BSD-Seismo
39     |            |                      |
40     +----<--- 4.2BSD               2.9.1BSD
41     |            |                      |
42     +----<--- 4.3BSD -------------> 2.10BSD
43     |            |               /      |
44Ninth Edition     |              / 2.10.1BSD
45     |         4.3BSD Tahoe-----+        |
46     |            |              \       |
47     |            |                \     |
48     v            |                  2.11BSD
49Tenth Edition     |                      |
50                  |                  2.11BSD rev #430
51               4.3BSD NET/1              |
52                  |                      v
53               4.3BSD Reno
54                  |
55   *---------- 4.3BSD NET/2 -------------------+-------------*
56   |                    |                      |             |
57386BSD 0.0              |                      |           BSD/386 ALPHA
58   |                    |                      |             |
59386BSD 0.1 ------------>+                      |           BSD/386 0.3.[13]
60   |     \              |                  4.4BSD Alpha      |
61   |     386BSD 1.0     |                      |           BSD/386 0.9.[34]
62   |                    |                  4.4BSD            |
63   |                    |                    / |             |
64   |                    |   4.4BSD-Encumbered  |             |
65   |                 NetBSD 0.8                |           BSD/386 1.0
66   |                    |                      |             |
67FreeBSD 1.0          NetBSD 0.9                |           BSD/386 1.1
68   |                    |           .----- 4.4BSD Lite       |
69FreeBSD 1.1             |          /   /       |     \       |
70   |                    |         /   /        |      \      |
71FreeBSD 1.1.5       .---|--------'   /         |       \     |
72   |               /    |           /          |        \    |
73FreeBSD 1.1.5.1   /     |          /           |         \   |
74   |             /   NetBSD 1.0 <-'            |          \  |
75   |            /       |                      |           \ |
76FreeBSD 2.0 <--'        |                      |           BSD/OS 2.0
77   |                     \                     |             |
78FreeBSD 2.0.5             \                    |           BSD/OS 2.0.1
79   |                 .-----\------------- 4.4BSD Lite2       |
80   |                 |      \             |  |   |   |       |
81   |                 | .-----|------Rhapsody |   |   |       |
82   |                 | |     |        NetBSD 1.3 |   |       |
83   |                 | |     |           OpenBSD 2.3 |       |
84   |                 | |     |                BSD/OS 3.0     |
85FreeBSD 2.1          | |     |                               |
86 |   |               | |  NetBSD 1.1 ------.               BSD/OS 2.1
87 | FreeBSD 2.1.5     | |     |              \                |
88 |     |             | |  NetBSD 1.2         \             BSD/OS 3.0
89 | FreeBSD 2.1.6     | |     |  \          OpenBSD 2.0       |
90 |     |             | |     |   \             |             |
91 | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1   | |     |    \            |             |
92 |     |             | |     |     \           |             |
93 | FreeBSD 2.1.7     | |     |      |          |             |
94 |     |             | |     |  NetBSD 1.2.1   |             |
95 | FreeBSD 2.1.7.1   | |     |                 |             |
96 |                   | |     |                 |             |
97 |                   | |     |                 |             |
98 *-FreeBSD 2.2       | |     |                 |             |
99 |        \          | |     |                 |             |
100 |     FreeBSD 2.2.1 | |     |                 |             |
101 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
102 |     FreeBSD 2.2.2 | |     |             OpenBSD 2.1       |
103 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
104 |     FreeBSD 2.2.5 | |     |                 |             |
105 |         |         | |     |             OpenBSD 2.2       |
106 |         |         | |  NetBSD 1.3           |             |
107 |     FreeBSD 2.2.6 | |     |    |            |             |
108 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.1    |           BSD/OS 3.1
109 |         |         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.3       |
110 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.2    |             |
111 |     FreeBSD 2.2.7 | |     |    |            |             |
112 |         |         | |     |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.0
113 |         v         | |     |    |            |             |
114 |     FreeBSD 2.2.8 | |     |    |            |             |
115 |                   | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.4       |
116FreeBSD 3.0 <--------* |     |    v            |             |
117 |                     |     | NetBSD 1.3.3    |             |
118 *---FreeBSD 3.1       |     |                 |             |
119 |       |             |     |                 |           BSD/OS 4.0.1
120 |   FreeBSD 3.2----*  |  NetBSD 1.4       OpenBSD 2.5       |
121 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
122 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
123 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
124 |   FreeBSD 3.3    |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.1    |             |
125 |       |          |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.6       |
126 |   FreeBSD 3.4    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
127 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.1
128FreeBSD 4.0  |      |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.2    |             |
129 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
130 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
131 |   FreeBSD 3.5    |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.7       |
132 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
133 |   FreeBSD 3.5.1  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
134 |                  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
135 *---FreeBSD 4.1    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
136 |      |           |  | (?) |    |            |             |
137 |   FreeBSD 4.1.1  |  |  /  |    |            |             |
138 |      |           |  | /   |    |            |             |
139 |   FreeBSD 4.2   Darwin/   | NetBSD 1.4.3    |             |
140 |      |         Mac OS X   |             OpenBSD 2.8     BSD/OS 4.2
141 |      |             |      |                 |             |
142 |      |             |      |                 |             |
143 |      |           10.0  NetBSD 1.5           |             |
144 |   FreeBSD 4.3      |      |    |            |             |
145 |      |             |      |    |        OpenBSD 2.9       |
146 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.5.1    |             |
147 |      |             |      |    |            |             |
148 |   FreeBSD 4.4-.    |      | NetBSD 1.5.2    |             |
149 |      |        | Mac OS X  |    |            |             |
150 |      |        |   10.1    |    |        OpenBSD 3.0       |
151 |   FreeBSD 4.5 |    |      |    |            |             |
152 |      |         \   |      |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.3
153 |   FreeBSD 4.6   \  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.1       |
154 |      |           \ |      | NetBSD 1.5.3    |             |
155 |   FreeBSD 4.6.2 Mac OS X  |                 |             |
156 |      |            10.2    |                 |             |
157 |   FreeBSD 4.7      |      |                 |             |
158 |      |             |   NetBSD 1.6       OpenBSD 3.2       |
159 |   FreeBSD 4.8      |      |    |            |             |
160 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.6.1    |             |
161 |      |--------.    |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.3     BSD/OS 5.0
162 |      |         \   |      |    |            |             |
163 |   FreeBSD 4.9   |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.4     BSD/OS 5.1 ISE
164 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
165 |      |          |  |      | NetBSD 1.6.2    |
166 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
167 |      |          |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.5
168 |      |          |  |      |    v            |
169 |   FreeBSD 4.10  |  |      |                 |
170 |      |          |  |      |                 |
171 |   FreeBSD 4.11  |  |      |                 |
172 |                 |  |      |                 |
173 |                  `-|------|-----------------|---------------------.
174 |                    |      |                 |                      \
175FreeBSD 5.0           |      |                 |                       |
176 |                    |      |                 |                       |
177FreeBSD 5.1           |      |                 |                 DragonFly 1.0
178 |          \         |      |                 |                       |
179 |           ----- Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
180 |                   10.3    |                 |                       |
181FreeBSD 5.2           |      |                 |                       |
182 |      |             |      |                 |                       |
183 |   FreeBSD 5.2.1    |      |                 |                       |
184 |                    |      |                 |                       |
185 *-------FreeBSD 5.3  |      |                 |                       |
186 |           |        |      |             OpenBSD 3.6                 |
187 |           |        |   NetBSD 2.0           |                       |
188 |           |        |      | |  |            |                DragonFly 1.2.0
189 |           |     Mac OS X  | | NetBSD 2.0.2  |                       |
190 |           |       10.4    | |  |            |                       |
191 |       FreeBSD 5.4  |      | |  |            |                       |
192 |           |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.7                 |
193 |           |        |      | | NetBSD 2.0.3  |                       |
194 |           |        |      | |  |            |                       |
195 *--FreeBSD  |        |      | |  v        OpenBSD 3.8                 |
196 |    6.0    |        |      | |               |                       |
197 |     |     |        |      |  \              |                       |
198 |     |     |        |      | NetBSD 2.1      |                       |
199 |     |     |        |      |                 |                       |
200 |     |     |        |   NetBSD 3.0           |                       |
201 |     |     |        |      | |  |            |                DragonFly 1.4.0
202 |     |     |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.9                 |
203 |  FreeBSD  |        |      | |  |            |                       |
204 |    6.1    |        |      | |  |            |                       |
205 |     |  FreeBSD 5.5 |      | |  |            |                       |
206 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.1  |                DragonFly 1.6.0
207 |     |              |      | |  |            |                       |
208 |     |              |      | |  |        OpenBSD 4.0                 |
209 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.2  |                       |
210 |     |              |      | NetBSD 3.1      |                       |
211 | FreeBSD 6.2        |      |                 |                       |
212 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.8.0
213 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.1                 |
214 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.10.0
215 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
216 |     |             10.5    |                 |                       |
217 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.2                 |
218 |     |              |   NetBSD 4.0           |                       |
219 | FreeBSD 6.3        |      |                 |                       |
220 |            \       |      |                 |                       |
221 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.12.0
222 |    7.0      |      |      |                 |                       |
223 |     |       |      |      |             OpenBSD 4.3                 |
224 |     |       |      |      |                 |                DragonFly 2.0.0
225 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |             OpenBSD 4.4                 |
226 |     |      6.4     |      |                 |                       |
227 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
228 |  FreeBSD 7.1       |      |                 |                       |
229 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 2.2.0
230 |  FreeBSD 7.2       |   NetBSD 5.0       OpenBSD 4.5                 |
231 |             \      |      |    |            |                       |
232 |              |  Mac OS X  |    |            |                       |
233 |              |    10.6    |    |            |                       |
234 |              |     |      |    |            |                DragonFly 2.4.0
235 |              |     |      |    |        OpenBSD 4.6                 |
236 |              |     |      |    |            |                       |
237 *--FreeBSD     |     |      |    |            |                       |
238 |    8.0       |     |      |    |            |                       |
239 |     |     FreeBSD  |      |    |            |                       |
240 |     |       7.3    |      |    |            |                DragonFly 2.6.0
241 |     |        |     |      |    |        OpenBSD 4.7                 |
242 |  FreeBSD     |     |      |    |            |                       |
243 |    8.1       |     |      |    |            |                       |
244 |     |        |     |      |    |            |                DragonFly 2.8.2
245 |     |        |     |      |    |        OpenBSD 4.8                 |
246 |     |        |     |      | NetBSD 5.1      |                       |
247 |  FreeBSD  FreeBSD  |      |                 |                       |
248 |    8.2      7.4    |      |                 |               DragonFly 2.10.1
249 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.9                 |
250 |     `-----.     Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
251 |            \      10.7    |                 |                       |
252 |             |      |      |             OpenBSD 5.0                 |
253 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |                 |                       |
254 |    9.0      |      |      |                 |               DragonFly 3.0.1
255 |     v    FreeBSD   |      |                 |                       |
256 |            8.3     |      |             OpenBSD 5.1                 |
257 |                 Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
258 |                   10.8    |                 |                       |
259 |                    |   NetBSD 6.0           |                       |
260 |                    |      |                 |                       |
261FreeBSD 10 -current   |  NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current             |
262 |                    |      |                 |                       |
263 v                    v      v                 v                       v
264
265Time
266----------------
267
268Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
269was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
270
271[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
272	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
273	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
274[APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
275[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
276[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
277[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
278[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
279[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
280	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
281[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
282	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
283[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
284	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
285	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
286[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
287[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
288[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
289[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
290[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
291[USE] Usenet announcement.
292[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
293[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
294
295Multics                 1965
296UNIX                    Summer 1969
297				DEC PDP-7
298First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
299				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
300Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
301				10 UNIX installations
302Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
303				Pipes, 16 installations
304Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
305				rewriting in C effected,
306                                above 30 installations
307Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
308				above 50 installations
309Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
310				port to DEC Vax
311Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
312				first portable UNIX
313Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
314				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
315				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
316				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
317			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
318			and networking part by the streams mechanism
319
320Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
321Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
322
3231BSD                    late 1977
324			1978-03-09 [QCU]
325				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
326				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
327				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
3282BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
329				75 2BSD tapes shipped
3302.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
3312.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
332
3332.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
334				set of performance improvements
3352.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
3362.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
3372.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
3382.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
3392.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
3402.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
3412.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
342
34332V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
3443BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
345				virtual memory, page replacement,
346                        	demand paging
3474.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
3484.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
3494.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
350				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
3514.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
3524.1cBSD                 late 1982
353				beta release, IPC [44B]
3544.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
355                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
3564.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
357			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
3584.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
3594.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
360                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
3614.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
3624.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
363
364BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
365				first code released to people outside BSDI
366386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
367BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
368BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
369386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
3704.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
371BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
372				first external gamma; G customers
373BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
374				would have been 1.0 except for request
375				for preliminary injunction
376BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
377				injunction denied; first official release
378NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
3794.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
380NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
381FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
382FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
383				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
384BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
3854.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
386FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
387FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
388FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
389				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
390NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
391386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
392FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
393BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
394FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
395BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
3964.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
397				the true final distribution from the CSRG
398FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
399NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
400BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
401FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
402NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
403OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
404FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
405FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
406Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
407FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
408BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
409FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
410FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
411FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
412NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
413OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
414FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
415OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
416NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
417FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
418NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
419BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
420OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
421NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
422FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
423BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
424				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
425FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
426				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
427				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
428				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
429FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
430OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
431NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
432FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
433BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
434NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
435FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
436OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
437NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
438FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
439OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
440FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
441BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
442FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
443NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
444OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
445FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
446FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
447FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
448FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
449FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
450NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
451BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
452OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
453NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
454Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
455FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
456OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
457NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
458NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
459FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
460Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
461OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
462FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
463BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
464OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
465FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
466NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
467FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
468Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
469NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
470FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
471OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
472FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
473				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
474				-current, similar to 3.0.
475FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
476NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
477OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
478BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
479FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
480Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
481FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
482BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
483OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
484FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
485FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
486NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
487OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
488FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
489DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
490OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
491FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
492NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
493FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
494DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
495NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
496Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
497FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
498OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
499NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
500OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
501FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
502NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
503NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
504DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
505OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
506FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
507FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
508NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
509DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
510OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
511NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
512NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
513FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
514DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
515OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
516DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
517Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
518OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
519NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
520FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
521DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
522FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
523OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
524DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
525OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
526FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
527FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
528DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
529NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
530OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
531FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
532Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
533DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
534OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
535FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
536FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
537DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
538OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
539FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
540DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
541OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
542NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
543FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
544FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
545DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
546OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
547Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
548OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
549FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
550DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
551FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
552OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
553Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
554NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
555
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582
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585
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587URL: http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/
588
589BSD Hypertext Man Pages
590URL: http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi
591
592UNIX history graphing project
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594
595UNIX history
596URL: http://www.levenez.com/unix/
597
598James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
599URL: http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200104/bsd_family.html
600("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
601
602
603Acknowledgments
604---------------
605
606Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
607original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
608
609Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
610
611--
612Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
613URL: http://cvsweb.freebsd.org/src/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
614
615$FreeBSD$
616