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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 |     FreeBSD 2.2.8 | |     |    |            |             |
114 |         |         | |     |    |            |             |
115 |         v         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.4       |
116 |     FreeBSD 2.2.9 | |     |    |            |             |
117 |                   | |     |    |            |             |
118FreeBSD 3.0 <--------* |     |    v            |             |
119 |                     |     | NetBSD 1.3.3    |             |
120 *---FreeBSD 3.1       |     |                 |             |
121 |       |             |     |                 |           BSD/OS 4.0.1
122 |   FreeBSD 3.2----*  |  NetBSD 1.4       OpenBSD 2.5       |
123 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
124 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
125 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
126 |   FreeBSD 3.3    |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.1    |             |
127 |       |          |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.6       |
128 |   FreeBSD 3.4    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
129 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.1
130FreeBSD 4.0  |      |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.2    |             |
131 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
132 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
133 |   FreeBSD 3.5    |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.7       |
134 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
135 |   FreeBSD 3.5.1  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
136 |                  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
137 *---FreeBSD 4.1    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
138 |      |           |  | (?) |    |            |             |
139 |   FreeBSD 4.1.1  |  |  /  |    |            |             |
140 |      |           |  | /   |    |            |             |
141 |   FreeBSD 4.2   Darwin/   | NetBSD 1.4.3    |             |
142 |      |         Mac OS X   |             OpenBSD 2.8     BSD/OS 4.2
143 |      |             |      |                 |             |
144 |      |             |      |                 |             |
145 |      |           10.0  NetBSD 1.5           |             |
146 |   FreeBSD 4.3      |      |    |            |             |
147 |      |             |      |    |        OpenBSD 2.9       |
148 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.5.1    |             |
149 |      |             |      |    |            |             |
150 |   FreeBSD 4.4-.    |      | NetBSD 1.5.2    |             |
151 |      |        | Mac OS X  |    |            |             |
152 |      |        |   10.1    |    |        OpenBSD 3.0       |
153 |   FreeBSD 4.5 |    |      |    |            |             |
154 |      |         \   |      |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.3
155 |   FreeBSD 4.6   \  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.1       |
156 |      |           \ |      | NetBSD 1.5.3    |             |
157 |   FreeBSD 4.6.2 Mac OS X  |                 |             |
158 |      |            10.2    |                 |             |
159 |   FreeBSD 4.7      |      |                 |             |
160 |      |             |   NetBSD 1.6       OpenBSD 3.2       |
161 |   FreeBSD 4.8      |      |    |            |             |
162 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.6.1    |             |
163 |      |--------.    |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.3     BSD/OS 5.0
164 |      |         \   |      |    |            |             |
165 |   FreeBSD 4.9   |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.4     BSD/OS 5.1 ISE
166 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
167 |      |          |  |      | NetBSD 1.6.2    |
168 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
169 |      |          |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.5
170 |      |          |  |      |    v            |
171 |   FreeBSD 4.10  |  |      |                 |
172 |      |          |  |      |                 |
173 |   FreeBSD 4.11  |  |      |                 |
174 |                 |  |      |                 |
175 |                  `-|------|-----------------|---------------------.
176 |                    |      |                 |                      \
177FreeBSD 5.0           |      |                 |                       |
178 |                    |      |                 |                       |
179FreeBSD 5.1           |      |                 |                 DragonFly 1.0
180 |          \         |      |                 |                       |
181 |           ----- Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
182 |                   10.3    |                 |                       |
183FreeBSD 5.2           |      |                 |                       |
184 |      |             |      |                 |                       |
185 |   FreeBSD 5.2.1    |      |                 |                       |
186 |                    |      |                 |                       |
187 *-------FreeBSD 5.3  |      |                 |                       |
188 |           |        |      |             OpenBSD 3.6                 |
189 |           |        |   NetBSD 2.0           |                       |
190 |           |        |      | |  |            |                DragonFly 1.2.0
191 |           |     Mac OS X  | | NetBSD 2.0.2  |                       |
192 |           |       10.4    | |  |            |                       |
193 |       FreeBSD 5.4  |      | |  |            |                       |
194 |           |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.7                 |
195 |           |        |      | | NetBSD 2.0.3  |                       |
196 |           |        |      | |  |            |                       |
197 *--FreeBSD  |        |      | |  v        OpenBSD 3.8                 |
198 |    6.0    |        |      | |               |                       |
199 |     |     |        |      |  \              |                       |
200 |     |     |        |      | NetBSD 2.1      |                       |
201 |     |     |        |      |                 |                       |
202 |     |     |        |   NetBSD 3.0           |                       |
203 |     |     |        |      | |  |            |                DragonFly 1.4.0
204 |     |     |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.9                 |
205 |  FreeBSD  |        |      | |  |            |                       |
206 |    6.1    |        |      | |  |            |                       |
207 |     |  FreeBSD 5.5 |      | |  |            |                       |
208 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.1  |                DragonFly 1.6.0
209 |     |              |      | |  |            |                       |
210 |     |              |      | |  |        OpenBSD 4.0                 |
211 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.2  |                       |
212 |     |              |      | NetBSD 3.1      |                       |
213 | FreeBSD 6.2        |      |                 |                       |
214 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.8.0
215 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.1                 |
216 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.10.0
217 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
218 |     |             10.5    |                 |                       |
219 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.2                 |
220 |     |              |   NetBSD 4.0           |                       |
221 | FreeBSD 6.3        |      |    |            |                       |
222 |            \       |      |    |            |                       |
223 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    |            |                DragonFly 1.12.0
224 |    7.0      |      |      |    |            |                       |
225 |     |       |      |      |    |        OpenBSD 4.3                 |
226 |     |       |      |      | NetBSD          |                DragonFly 2.0.0
227 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |  4.0.1      OpenBSD 4.4                 |
228 |     |      6.4     |      |                 |                       |
229 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
230 |  FreeBSD 7.1       |      |                 |                       |
231 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 2.2.0
232 |  FreeBSD 7.2       |   NetBSD 5.0       OpenBSD 4.5                 |
233 |             \      |      | |    \          |                       |
234 |              |  Mac OS X  | |     \         |                       |
235 |              |    10.6    | |      \        |                       |
236 |              |     |      | |   NetBSD      |                DragonFly 2.4.0
237 |              |     |      | |    5.0.1  OpenBSD 4.6                 |
238 |              |     |      | |       |       |                       |
239 *--FreeBSD     |     |      | |       |       |                       |
240 |    8.0       |     |      | |       |       |                       |
241 |     |     FreeBSD  |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
242 |     |       7.3    |      | |    5.0.2      |                DragonFly 2.6.0
243 |     |        |     |      | |           OpenBSD 4.7                 |
244 |  FreeBSD     |     |      | |               |                       |
245 |    8.1       |     |      | |               |                       |
246 |     |        |     |      | |               |                DragonFly 2.8.2
247 |     |        |     |      | |           OpenBSD 4.8                 |
248 |     |        |     |      | *--NetBSD       |                       |
249 |  FreeBSD  FreeBSD  |      | |    5.1        |                       |
250 |    8.2      7.4    |      | |      |        |               DragonFly 2.10.1
251 |     |              |      | |      |    OpenBSD 4.9                 |
252 |     `-----.     Mac OS X  | |      |        |                       |
253 |            \      10.7    | |      |        |                       |
254 |             |      |      | |      |    OpenBSD 5.0                 |
255 *--FreeBSD    |      |      | |      |        |                       |
256 |    9.0      |      |      | |   NetBSD      |               DragonFly 3.0.1
257 |     |    FreeBSD   |      | |    5.1.2      |                       |
258 |     |      8.3     |      | |      |        |                       |
259 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
260 |     |       |      |      | |    5.1.3      |                       |
261 |     |       |      |      | |           OpenBSD 5.1                 |
262 |     |       |   Mac OS X  | `----.          |                       |
263 |     |       |     10.8    |       \         |                       |
264 |     |       |      |   NetBSD 6.0  |        |                       |
265 |     |       |      |      | | |    |    OpenBSD 5.2         DragonFly 3.2.1
266 |  FreeBSD    |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
267 |    9.1      |      |      | | |   5.2       |                       |
268 |     |       |      |      | | |    |        |                       |
269 |     |       |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
270 |     |       |      |      | | |  5.2.1      |                       |
271 |     |       |      |      | | |             |                       |
272 |     |       |      |      | |  \            |                       |
273 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
274 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.1      |                       |
275 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
276 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
277 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.2      |                       |
278 |     |       |      |      | |      |   OpenBSD 5.3          DragonFly 3.4.1
279 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
280 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.3      |                       |
281 |     |       |      |      | |               |                       |
282 |     |       |      |      | |`-NetBSD 6.1   |                       |
283 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |       |         |                       |
284 |     |      8.4     |      |    NetBSD 6.1.1 |                       |
285 |     |              |      |       |         |                       |
286 |  FreeBSD           |      |    NetBSD 6.1.2 |                       |
287 |    9.2          Mac OS X  |       |         |                       |
288 |                   10.9    |       |    OpenBSD 5.4                  |
289 |                    |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.0
290 |                    |      |       |         |                       |
291 *--FreeBSD           |      |    NetBSD 6.1.3 |                       |
292 |   10.0             |      |                 |                       |
293 |                    |      |                 |               DragonFly 3.6.1
294 |                    |      |                 |                       |
295FreeBSD 11 -current   |  NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current     DragonFly -current
296 |                    |      |                 |                       |
297 v                    v      v                 v                       v
298
299Time
300----------------
301
302Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
303was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
304
305[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
306	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
307	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
308[APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
309[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
310[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
311[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
312[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
313[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
314	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
315[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
316	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
317[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
318	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
319	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
320[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
321[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
322[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
323[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
324[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
325[USE] Usenet announcement.
326[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
327[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
328
329Multics                 1965
330UNIX                    Summer 1969
331				DEC PDP-7
332First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
333				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
334Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
335				10 UNIX installations
336Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
337				Pipes, 16 installations
338Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
339				rewriting in C effected,
340                                above 30 installations
341Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
342				above 50 installations
343Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
344				port to DEC Vax
345Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
346				first portable UNIX
347Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
348				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
349				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
350				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
351			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
352			and networking part by the streams mechanism
353
354Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
355Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
356
3571BSD                    late 1977
358			1978-03-09 [QCU]
359				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
360				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
361				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
3622BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
363				75 2BSD tapes shipped
3642.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
3652.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
366
3672.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
368				set of performance improvements
3692.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
3702.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
3712.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
3722.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
3732.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
3742.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
3752.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
376
37732V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
3783BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
379				virtual memory, page replacement,
380                        	demand paging
3814.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
3824.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
3834.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
384				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
3854.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
3864.1cBSD                 late 1982
387				beta release, IPC [44B]
3884.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
389                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
3904.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
391			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
3924.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
3934.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
394                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
3954.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
3964.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
397
398BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
399				first code released to people outside BSDI
400386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
401BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
402BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
403386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
4044.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
405BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
406				first external gamma; G customers
407BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
408				would have been 1.0 except for request
409				for preliminary injunction
410BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
411				injunction denied; first official release
412NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
4134.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
414NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
415FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
416FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
417				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
418BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
4194.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
420FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
421FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
422FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
423				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
424NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
425386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
426FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
427BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
428FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
429BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
4304.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
431				the true final distribution from the CSRG
432FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
433NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
434BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
435FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
436NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
437OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
438FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
439FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
440Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
441FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
442BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
443FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
444FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
445FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
446NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
447OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
448FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
449OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
450NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
451FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
452NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
453BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
454OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
455NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
456FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
457BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
458				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
459FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
460				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
461				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
462				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
463FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
464OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
465NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
466FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
467BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
468NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
469FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
470OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
471NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
472FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
473OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
474FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
475BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
476FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
477NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
478OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
479FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
480FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
481FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
482FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
483FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
484NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
485BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
486OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
487NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
488Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
489FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
490OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
491NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
492NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
493FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
494Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
495OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
496FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
497BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
498OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
499FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
500NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
501FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
502Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
503NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
504FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
505OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
506FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
507				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
508				-current, similar to 3.0.
509FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
510NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
511OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
512BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
513FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
514Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
515FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
516BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
517OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
518FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
519FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
520NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
521OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
522FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
523DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
524OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
525FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
526NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
527FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
528DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
529NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
530Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
531FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
532OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
533NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
534OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
535FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
536NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
537NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
538DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
539FreeBSD 2.2.9		2006-04-01 [FBD]
540OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
541FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
542FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
543NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
544DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
545OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
546NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
547NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
548FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
549DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
550OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
551DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
552Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
553OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
554NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
555FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
556DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
557FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
558OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
559DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
560OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
561FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
562FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
563DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
564NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
565OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
566FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
567Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
568NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
569DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
570OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
571FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
572NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
573FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
574DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
575OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
576FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
577DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
578OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
579NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
580FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
581FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
582DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
583OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
584Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
585OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
586FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
587NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
588DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
589FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
590OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
591Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
592NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
593OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
594DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
595NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
596NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
597FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
598DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
599OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
600NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
601NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
602FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
603NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
604NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
605NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
606FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
607NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
608NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
609Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
610OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
611DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
612FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
613NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-27 [NBD]
614DragonFly 3.6.1 	2014-02-22 [DFB]
615
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651
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654
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657
658James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
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660("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
661
662
663Acknowledgments
664---------------
665
666Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
667original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
668
669Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
670
671--
672Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
673URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
674
675$FreeBSD$
676