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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 |     |       |      |      | NetBSD          |                DragonFly 2.0.0
225 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |  4.0.1      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 |              |     |      | |   NetBSD      |                DragonFly 2.4.0
235 |              |     |      | |    5.0.1  OpenBSD 4.6                 |
236 |              |     |      | |       |       |                       |
237 *--FreeBSD     |     |      | |       |       |                       |
238 |    8.0       |     |      | |       |       |                       |
239 |     |     FreeBSD  |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
240 |     |       7.3    |      | |    5.0.2      |                DragonFly 2.6.0
241 |     |        |     |      | |           OpenBSD 4.7                 |
242 |  FreeBSD     |     |      | |               |                       |
243 |    8.1       |     |      | |               |                       |
244 |     |        |     |      | |               |                DragonFly 2.8.2
245 |     |        |     |      | |           OpenBSD 4.8                 |
246 |     |        |     |      | *--NetBSD       |                       |
247 |  FreeBSD  FreeBSD  |      | |    5.1        |                       |
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      |      |      | |   NetBSD      |               DragonFly 3.0.1
255 |     |    FreeBSD   |      | |    5.1.2      |                       |
256 |     |      8.3     |      | |      |        |                       |
257 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
258 |     |       |      |      | |    5.1.3      |                       |
259 |     |       |      |      | |           OpenBSD 5.1                 |
260 |     |       |   Mac OS X  | `----.          |                       |
261 |     |       |     10.8    |       \         |                       |
262 |     |       |      |   NetBSD 6.0  |        |                       |
263 |     |       |      |      | | |    |    OpenBSD 5.2         DragonFly 3.2.1
264 |  FreeBSD    |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
265 |    9.1      |      |      | | |   5.2       |                       |
266 |     |       |      |      | | |    |        |                       |
267 |     |       |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
268 |     |       |      |      | | |  5.2.1      |                       |
269 |     |       |      |      | | |             |                       |
270 |     |       |      |      | |  \            |                       |
271 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
272 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.1      |                       |
273 |     |       |      |      | |      |   OpenBSD 5.3          DragonFly 3.4.1
274 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
275 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.2      |                       |
276 |     |       |      |      | |               |                       |
277 |     |       |      |      |  `-NetBSD 6.1   |                       |
278 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |                 |                       |
279 |     |      8.4     |      |                 |                       |
280 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
281 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
282 |    9.2             |      |                 |                       |
283 |                    |      |                 |                       |
284FreeBSD 10 -current   |  NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current             |
285 |                    |      |                 |                       |
286 v                    v      v                 v                       v
287
288Time
289----------------
290
291Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
292was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
293
294[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
295	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
296	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
297[APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
298[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
299[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
300[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
301[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
302[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
303	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
304[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
305	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
306[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
307	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
308	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
309[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
310[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
311[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
312[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
313[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
314[USE] Usenet announcement.
315[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
316[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
317
318Multics                 1965
319UNIX                    Summer 1969
320				DEC PDP-7
321First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
322				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
323Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
324				10 UNIX installations
325Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
326				Pipes, 16 installations
327Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
328				rewriting in C effected,
329                                above 30 installations
330Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
331				above 50 installations
332Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
333				port to DEC Vax
334Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
335				first portable UNIX
336Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
337				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
338				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
339				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
340			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
341			and networking part by the streams mechanism
342
343Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
344Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
345
3461BSD                    late 1977
347			1978-03-09 [QCU]
348				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
349				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
350				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
3512BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
352				75 2BSD tapes shipped
3532.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
3542.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
355
3562.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
357				set of performance improvements
3582.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
3592.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
3602.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
3612.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
3622.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
3632.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
3642.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
365
36632V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
3673BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
368				virtual memory, page replacement,
369                        	demand paging
3704.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
3714.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
3724.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
373				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
3744.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
3754.1cBSD                 late 1982
376				beta release, IPC [44B]
3774.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
378                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
3794.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
380			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
3814.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
3824.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
383                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
3844.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
3854.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
386
387BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
388				first code released to people outside BSDI
389386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
390BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
391BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
392386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
3934.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
394BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
395				first external gamma; G customers
396BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
397				would have been 1.0 except for request
398				for preliminary injunction
399BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
400				injunction denied; first official release
401NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
4024.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
403NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
404FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
405FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
406				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
407BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
4084.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
409FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
410FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
411FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
412				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
413NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
414386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
415FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
416BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
417FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
418BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
4194.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
420				the true final distribution from the CSRG
421FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
422NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
423BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
424FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
425NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
426OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
427FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
428FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
429Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
430FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
431BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
432FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
433FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
434FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
435NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
436OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
437FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
438OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
439NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
440FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
441NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
442BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
443OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
444NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
445FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
446BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
447				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
448FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
449				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
450				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
451				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
452FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
453OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
454NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
455FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
456BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
457NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
458FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
459OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
460NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
461FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
462OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
463FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
464BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
465FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
466NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
467OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
468FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
469FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
470FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
471FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
472FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
473NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
474BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
475OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
476NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
477Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
478FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
479OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
480NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
481NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
482FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
483Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
484OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
485FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
486BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
487OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
488FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
489NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
490FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
491Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
492NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
493FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
494OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
495FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
496				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
497				-current, similar to 3.0.
498FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
499NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
500OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
501BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
502FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
503Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
504FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
505BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
506OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
507FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
508FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
509NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
510OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
511FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
512DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
513OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
514FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
515NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
516FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
517DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
518NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
519Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
520FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
521OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
522NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
523OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
524FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
525NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
526NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
527DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
528OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
529FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
530FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
531NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
532DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
533OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
534NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
535NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
536FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
537DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
538OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
539DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
540Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
541OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
542NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
543FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
544DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
545FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
546OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
547DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
548OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
549FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
550FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
551DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
552NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
553OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
554FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
555Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
556NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
557DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
558OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
559FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
560NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
561FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
562DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
563OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
564FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
565DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
566OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
567NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
568FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
569FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
570DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
571OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
572Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
573OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
574FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
575NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
576DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
577FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
578OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
579Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
580NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
581OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
582DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
583NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
584NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
585FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
586DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
587OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
588NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
589NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
590FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
591NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
592NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
593FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
594
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624
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627
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630
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633
634UNIX history
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636
637James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
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639("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
640
641
642Acknowledgments
643---------------
644
645Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
646original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
647
648Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
649
650--
651Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
652URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
653
654$FreeBSD$
655