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221Time
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223
224Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
225was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
226
227[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
228 and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
229 the 4.4BSD Operating System.
230[APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
231[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
232[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
233[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
234[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
235[KB] Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
236 Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
237[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
238 comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
239[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
240 Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
241 Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
242[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
243[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
244[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
245[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
246[USE] Usenet announcement.
247[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
248[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
249
250Multics 1965
251UNIX Summer 1969
252 DEC PDP-7
253First Edition 1971-11-03 [QCU]
254 DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
255Second Edition 1972-06-12 [QCU]
256 10 UNIX installations
257Third Edition 1973-02-xx [QCU]
258 Pipes, 16 installations
259Fourth Edition 1973-11-xx [QCU]
260 rewriting in C effected,
261 above 30 installations
262Fifth Edition 1974-06-xx [QCU]
263 above 50 installations
264Sixth Edition 1975-05-xx [QCU]
265 port to DEC Vax
266Seventh Edition 1979-01-xx [QCU]
267 first portable UNIX
268Eighth Edition 1985-02-xx [QCU]
269 VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
270 descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
271 descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
272 scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
273 and networking part by the streams mechanism
274
275Ninth Edition 1986-09-xx [QCU]
276Tenth Edition 1989-10-xx [QCU]
277
2781BSD late 1977
279 1978-03-09 [QCU]
280 PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
281 30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
282 35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
2832BSD mid 1978 [QCU]
284 75 2BSD tapes shipped
2852.7.9BSD ?? [SMS]
2862.8BSD 1981-07-xx [KSJ]
287
2882.8.1BSD 1982-01-xx [QCU]
289 set of performance improvements
2902.9BSD 1983-07-xx [KSJ]
2912.9.1BSD 1983-11-xx
2922.9BSD-Seismo 1985-08-xx [SMS]
2932.10BSD 1987-04-xx [KKK]
2942.10.1BSD 1989-01-xx [SMS]
2952.11BSD 1992-02-xx [SMS]
2962.11BSD rev #430 1999-12-13 [SMS]
297
29832V 1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
2993BSD late 1979 [QCU]
300 virtual memory, page replacement,
301 demand paging
3024.0BSD 1980-10-xx
3034.1BSD 1981-07-08 [DOC]
3044.1aBSD 1982-04-xx
305 alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
3064.1bBSD internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
3074.1cBSD late 1982
308 beta release, IPC [44B]
3094.2BSD 1983-09-xx [QCU]
310 1983-08-03 [DOC]
3114.3BSD 1986-06-xx [QCU]
312 1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
3134.3BSD Tahoe 1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
3144.3BSD NET/1 1988-11-xx [QCU]
315 1989-01-01 [DOC]
3164.3BSD Reno 1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
3174.3BSD NET/2 1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
318
319BSD/386 ALPHA 1991-12-xx [BSDI]
320 first code released to people outside BSDI
321386BSD 0.0 1992-02-xx [DOC]
322BSD/386 0.3.1 1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
323BSD/386 0.3.3 1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
324386BSD 0.1 1992-07-28 [DOC]
3254.4BSD Alpha 1992-07-07
326BSD/386 0.9.3 1992-10-xx [BSDI]
327 first external gamma; G customers
328BSD/386 0.9.4 1992-12-xx [BSDI]
329 would have been 1.0 except for request
330 for preliminary injunction
331BSD/386 1.0 1993-03-xx [BSDI]
332 injunction denied; first official release
333NetBSD 0.8 1993-04-20 [NBD]
3344.4BSD 1993-06-01 [USE]
335NetBSD 0.9 1993-08-23 [NBD]
336FreeBSD 1.0 1993-11-01 [FBD]
337FreeBSD 1.0.2 1993-11-14 [FBD]
338 supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
339BSD/386 1.1 1994-02-xx [BSDI]
3404.4BSD Lite 1994-03-01 [USE]
341FreeBSD 1.1 1994-05-07 [FBD]
342FreeBSD 1.1.5 1994-06-30 [FBD]
343FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 1994-07-05 [FBD]
344 supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
345NetBSD 1.0 1994-10-26 [NBD]
346386BSD 1.0 1994-11-12 [USE]
347FreeBSD 2.0 1994-11-23 [FBD]
348BSD/OS 2.0 1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
349FreeBSD 2.0.5 1995-06-10 [FBD]
350BSD/OS 2.0.1 1995-06-xx [BSDI]
3514.4BSD Lite Release 2 1995-06-xx [44B]
352 the true final distribution from the CSRG
353FreeBSD 2.1.0 1995-11-19 [FBD]
354NetBSD 1.1 1995-11-26 [NBD]
355BSD/OS 2.1 1996-01-xx [BSDI]
356FreeBSD 2.1.5 1996-07-14 [FBD]
357NetBSD 1.2 1996-10-04 [NBD]
358OpenBSD 2.0 1996-10-18 [OBD]
359FreeBSD 2.1.6 1996-11-16 [FBD]
360FreeBSD 2.1.6.1 1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
361Rhapsody 1997-xx-xx
362FreeBSD 2.1.7 1997-02-20 [FBD]
363BSD/OS 3.0 1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
364FreeBSD 2.2.0 1997-03-16 [FBD]
365FreeBSD 2.2.1 1997-03-25 [FBD]
366FreeBSD 2.2.2 1997-05-16 [FBD]
367NetBSD 1.2.1 1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
368OpenBSD 2.1 1997-06-01 [OBD]
369FreeBSD 2.2.5 1997-10-22 [FBD]
370OpenBSD 2.2 1997-12-01 [OBD]
371NetBSD 1.3 1998-01-04 [NBD]
372FreeBSD 2.2.6 1998-03-25 [FBD]
373NetBSD 1.3.1 1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
374BSD/OS 3.1 1998-03-xx [BSDI]
375OpenBSD 2.3 1998-05-19 [OBD]
376NetBSD 1.3.2 1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
377FreeBSD 2.2.7 1998-07-22 [FBD]
378BSD/OS 4.0 1998-08-xx [BSDI]
379 2-lock MP support, ELF executables
380FreeBSD 3.0 1998-10-16 [FBD]
381 FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
382 while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
383 was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
384FreeBSD 2.2.8 1998-11-29 [FBD]
385OpenBSD 2.4 1998-12-01 [OBD]
386NetBSD 1.3.3 1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
387FreeBSD 3.1 1999-02-15 [FBD]
388BSD/OS 4.0.1 1999-03-xx [BSDI]
389NetBSD 1.4 1999-05-12 [NBD]
390FreeBSD 3.2 1999-05-17 [FBD]
391OpenBSD 2.5 1999-05-19 [OBD]
392NetBSD 1.4.1 1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
393FreeBSD 3.3 1999-09-17 [FBD]
394OpenBSD 2.6 1999-12-01 [OBD]
395FreeBSD 3.4 1999-12-20 [FBD]
396BSD/OS 4.1 1999-12-xx [BSDI]
397FreeBSD 4.0 2000-03-13 [FBD]
398NetBSD 1.4.2 2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
399OpenBSD 2.7 2000-06-15 [OBD]
400FreeBSD 3.5 2000-06-24 [FBD]
401FreeBSD 4.1 2000-07-27 [FBD]
402FreeBSD 3.5.1 2000-07-28 [FBD]
403FreeBSD 4.1.1 2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
404FreeBSD 4.2 2000-11-21 [FBD]
405NetBSD 1.4.3 2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
406BSD/OS 4.2 2000-11-29 [BSDI]
407OpenBSD 2.8 2000-12-01 [OBD]
408NetBSD 1.5 2000-12-06 [NBD]
409Mac OS X 10.0 2001-03-24 [APL]
410FreeBSD 4.3 2001-04-20 [FBD]
411OpenBSD 2.9 2001-06-01 [OBD]
412NetBSD 1.5.1 2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
413NetBSD 1.5.2 2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
414FreeBSD 4.4 2001-09-18 [FBD]
415Mac OS X 10.1 2001-09-29 [APL]
416OpenBSD 3.0 2001-12-01 [OBD]
417FreeBSD 4.5 2002-01-29 [FBD]
418BSD/OS 4.3 2002-03-14 [WRS]
419OpenBSD 3.1 2002-05-19 [OBD]
420FreeBSD 4.6 2002-06-15 [FBD]
421NetBSD 1.5.3 2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
422FreeBSD 4.6.2 2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
423Mac OS X 10.2 2002-08-23 [APL]
424NetBSD 1.6 2002-09-14 [NBD]
425FreeBSD 4.7 2002-10-08 [FBD]
426OpenBSD 3.2 2002-11-01 [OBD]
427FreeBSD 5.0 2003-01-17 [FBD]
428 FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
429 -current, similar to 3.0.
430FreeBSD 4.8 2003-04-03 [FBD]
431NetBSD 1.6.1 2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
432OpenBSD 3.3 2003-05-01 [OBD]
433BSD/OS 5.0 2003-05-?? [WRS]
434FreeBSD 5.1 2003-06-09 [FBD]
435Mac OS X 10.3 2003-10-24 [APL]
436FreeBSD 4.9 2003-10-28 [FBD]
437BSD/OS 5.1 ISE 2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
438OpenBSD 3.4 2003-11-01 [OBD]
439FreeBSD 5.2 2004-01-12 [FBD]
440FreeBSD 5.2.1 2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
441NetBSD 1.6.2 2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
442OpenBSD 3.5 2004-04-01 [OBD]
443FreeBSD 4.10 2004-05-27 [FBD]
444DragonFly 1.0 2004-07-12 [DFB]
445OpenBSD 3.6 2004-10-29 [OBD]
446FreeBSD 5.3 2004-11-06 [FBD]
447NetBSD 2.0 2004-12-09 [NBD]
448FreeBSD 4.11 2005-01-25 [FBD]
449DragonFly 1.2.0 2005-04-08 [DFB]
450NetBSD 2.0.2 2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
451Mac OS X 10.4 2005-04-29 [APL]
452FreeBSD 5.4 2005-05-09 [FBD]
453OpenBSD 3.7 2005-05-19 [OBD]
454NetBSD 2.0.3 2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
455OpenBSD 3.8 2005-11-01 [OBD]
456FreeBSD 6.0 2005-11-01 [FBD]
457NetBSD 2.1 2005-11-02 [NBD]
458NetBSD 3.0 2005-12-23 [NBD]
459DragonFly 1.4.0 2006-01-08 [DFB]
460OpenBSD 3.9 2006-05-01 [OBD]
461FreeBSD 6.1 2006-05-08 [FBD]
462FreeBSD 5.5 2006-05-25 [FBD]
463NetBSD 3.0.1 2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
464DragonFly 1.6.0 2006-07-24 [DFB]
465OpenBSD 4.0 2006-11-01 [OBD]
466NetBSD 3.0.2 2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
467NetBSD 3.1 2006-11-04 [NBD]
468FreeBSD 6.2 2007-01-15 [FBD]
469DragonFly 1.8.0 2007-01-30 [DFB]
470OpenBSD 4.1 2007-05-01 [OBD]
471DragonFly 1.10.0 2007-08-06 [DFB]
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473
474Bibliography
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476
477Leffler, Samuel J., Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J Karels and John
478Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating
479System. Reading, Mass. Addison-Wesley, 1989. ISBN 0-201-06196-1
480
481Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX. Addison-Wesley Publishing
482Company, Inc., 1994. ISBN 0-201-54777-5
483
484McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels, and John
485Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating
486System. Reading, Mass. Addison-Wesley, 1996. ISBN 0-201-54979-4
487
488McKusick, Marshall Kirk, George Neville-Neil. The Design and
489Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System.
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491
492Doug McIlroy. Research Unix Reader.
493
494Michael G. Brown. The Role of BSD in the Development of Unix.
495Presented to the Tasmanian Unix Special Interest Group of the
496Australian Computer Society, Hobart, August 1993.
497
498Peter H. Salus. Unix at 25. Byte Magazine, October 1994.
499URL: http://www.byte.com/art/9410/sec8/art3.htm
500
501Andreas Klemm, Lars K�ller. If you're going to San Francisco ...
502Die freien BSD-Varianten von Unix. c't April 1997, page 368ff.
503
504BSD Release Announcements collection.
505URL: http://www.de.FreeBSD.org/de/ftp/releases/
506
507BSD Hypertext Man Pages
508URL: http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi
509
510UNIX history graphing project
511URL: http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/index.html
512
513UNIX history
514URL: http://www.levenez.com/unix/
515
516James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
517URL: http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200104/bsd_family.html
518("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
519
520
521Acknowledgments
522---------------
523
524Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
525original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
526
527Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
528
529--
530Copyright (c) 1997-2007 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
531URL: http://cvsweb.freebsd.org/src/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
532
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