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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 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
274 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
275 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.2      |                       |
276 |     |       |      |      | |      |   OpenBSD 5.3          DragonFly 3.4.1
277 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
278 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.3      |                       |
279 |     |       |      |      | |               |                       |
280 |     |       |      |      | |`-NetBSD 6.1   |                       |
281 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |       |         |                       |
282 |     |      8.4     |      |    NetBSD 6.1.1 |                       |
283 |     |              |      |       |         |                       |
284 |  FreeBSD           |      |    NetBSD 6.1.2 |                       |
285 |    9.2          Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
286 |                   10.0    |                 |                       |
287 |                    |      |                 |                       |
288 |                    |      |                 |                       |
289 |                    |      |                 |                       |
290 |                    |      |                 |                       |
291FreeBSD 10 -current   |  NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current             |
292 |                    |      |                 |                       |
293 v                    v      v                 v                       v
294
295Time
296----------------
297
298Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
299was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
300
301[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
302	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
303	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
304[APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
305[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
306[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
307[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
308[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
309[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
310	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
311[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
312	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
313[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
314	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
315	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
316[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
317[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
318[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
319[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
320[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
321[USE] Usenet announcement.
322[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
323[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
324
325Multics                 1965
326UNIX                    Summer 1969
327				DEC PDP-7
328First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
329				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
330Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
331				10 UNIX installations
332Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
333				Pipes, 16 installations
334Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
335				rewriting in C effected,
336                                above 30 installations
337Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
338				above 50 installations
339Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
340				port to DEC Vax
341Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
342				first portable UNIX
343Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
344				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
345				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
346				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
347			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
348			and networking part by the streams mechanism
349
350Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
351Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
352
3531BSD                    late 1977
354			1978-03-09 [QCU]
355				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
356				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
357				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
3582BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
359				75 2BSD tapes shipped
3602.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
3612.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
362
3632.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
364				set of performance improvements
3652.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
3662.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
3672.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
3682.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
3692.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
3702.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
3712.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
372
37332V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
3743BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
375				virtual memory, page replacement,
376                        	demand paging
3774.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
3784.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
3794.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
380				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
3814.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
3824.1cBSD                 late 1982
383				beta release, IPC [44B]
3844.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
385                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
3864.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
387			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
3884.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
3894.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
390                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
3914.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
3924.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
393
394BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
395				first code released to people outside BSDI
396386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
397BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
398BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
399386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
4004.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
401BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
402				first external gamma; G customers
403BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
404				would have been 1.0 except for request
405				for preliminary injunction
406BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
407				injunction denied; first official release
408NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
4094.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
410NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
411FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
412FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
413				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
414BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
4154.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
416FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
417FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
418FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
419				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
420NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
421386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
422FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
423BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
424FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
425BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
4264.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
427				the true final distribution from the CSRG
428FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
429NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
430BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
431FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
432NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
433OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
434FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
435FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
436Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
437FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
438BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
439FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
440FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
441FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
442NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
443OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
444FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
445OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
446NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
447FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
448NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
449BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
450OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
451NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
452FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
453BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
454				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
455FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
456				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
457				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
458				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
459FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
460OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
461NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
462FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
463BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
464NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
465FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
466OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
467NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
468FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
469OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
470FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
471BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
472FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
473NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
474OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
475FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
476FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
477FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
478FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
479FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
480NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
481BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
482OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
483NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
484Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
485FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
486OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
487NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
488NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
489FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
490Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
491OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
492FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
493BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
494OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
495FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
496NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
497FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
498Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
499NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
500FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
501OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
502FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
503				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
504				-current, similar to 3.0.
505FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
506NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
507OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
508BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
509FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
510Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
511FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
512BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
513OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
514FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
515FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
516NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
517OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
518FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
519DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
520OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
521FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
522NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
523FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
524DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
525NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
526Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
527FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
528OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
529NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
530OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
531FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
532NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
533NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
534DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
535OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
536FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
537FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
538NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
539DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
540OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
541NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
542NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
543FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
544DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
545OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
546DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
547Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
548OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
549NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
550FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
551DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
552FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
553OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
554DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
555OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
556FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
557FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
558DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
559NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
560OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
561FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
562Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
563NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
564DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
565OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
566FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
567NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
568FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
569DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
570OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
571FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
572DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
573OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
574NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
575FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
576FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
577DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
578OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
579Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
580OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
581FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
582NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
583DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
584FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
585OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
586Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
587NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
588OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
589DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
590NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
591NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
592FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
593DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
594OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
595NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
596NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
597FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
598NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
599NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
600NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
601FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
602NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
603NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
604Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
605
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641
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644
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647
648James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
649URL: http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200104/bsd_family.html
650("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
651
652
653Acknowledgments
654---------------
655
656Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
657original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
658
659Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
660
661--
662Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
663URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
664
665$FreeBSD$
666