1The UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD
2---------------------------------------------
3
4First Edition (V1)
5     |
6Second Edition (V2)
7     |
8Third Edition (V3)
9     |
10Fourth Edition (V4)
11     |
12Fifth Edition (V5)
13     |
14Sixth Edition (V6) -----*
15       \                |
16        \               |
17         \              |
18Seventh Edition (V7)    |
19            \           |
20             \        1BSD
21             32V        |
22               \      2BSD---------------*
23                \    /                   |
24                 \  /                    |
25                  \/                     |
26                 3BSD                    |
27                  |                      |
28               4.0BSD                2.79BSD
29                  |                      |
30               4.1BSD --------------> 2.8BSD
31                  |                      |
32              4.1aBSD -----------\       |
33                  |                \     |
34              4.1bBSD                \   |
35                  |                    \ |
36      *------ 4.1cBSD --------------> 2.9BSD
37     /            |                      |
38Eighth Edition    |                   2.9BSD-Seismo
39     |            |                      |
40     +----<--- 4.2BSD               2.9.1BSD
41     |            |                      |
42     +----<--- 4.3BSD -------------> 2.10BSD
43     |            |               /      |
44Ninth Edition     |              / 2.10.1BSD
45     |         4.3BSD Tahoe-----+        |
46     |            |              \       |
47     |            |                \     |
48     v            |                  2.11BSD
49Tenth Edition     |                      |
50                  |                  2.11BSD rev #430
51               4.3BSD NET/1              |
52                  |                      v
53               4.3BSD Reno
54                  |
55   *---------- 4.3BSD NET/2 -------------------+-------------*
56   |                    |                      |             |
57386BSD 0.0              |                      |           BSD/386 ALPHA
58   |                    |                      |             |
59386BSD 0.1 ------------>+                      |           BSD/386 0.3.[13]
60   |     \              |                  4.4BSD Alpha      |
61   |     386BSD 1.0     |                      |           BSD/386 0.9.[34]
62   |                    |                  4.4BSD            |
63   |                    |                    / |             |
64   |                    |   4.4BSD-Encumbered  |             |
65   |                 NetBSD 0.8                |           BSD/386 1.0
66   |                    |                      |             |
67FreeBSD 1.0          NetBSD 0.9                |           BSD/386 1.1
68   |                    |           .----- 4.4BSD Lite       |
69FreeBSD 1.1             |          /   /       |     \       |
70   |                    |         /   /        |      \      |
71FreeBSD 1.1.5       .---|--------'   /         |       \     |
72   |               /    |           /          |        \    |
73FreeBSD 1.1.5.1   /     |          /           |         \   |
74   |             /   NetBSD 1.0 <-'            |          \  |
75   |            /       |                      |           \ |
76FreeBSD 2.0 <--'        |                      |           BSD/OS 2.0
77   |                     \                     |             |
78FreeBSD 2.0.5             \                    |           BSD/OS 2.0.1
79   |                 .-----\------------- 4.4BSD Lite2       |
80   |                 |      \             |  |   |   |       |
81   |                 | .-----|------Rhapsody |   |   |       |
82   |                 | |     |        NetBSD 1.3 |   |       |
83   |                 | |     |           OpenBSD 2.3 |       |
84   |                 | |     |                BSD/OS 3.0     |
85FreeBSD 2.1          | |     |                               |
86 |   |               | |  NetBSD 1.1 ------.               BSD/OS 2.1
87 | FreeBSD 2.1.5     | |     |              \                |
88 |     |             | |  NetBSD 1.2         \             BSD/OS 3.0
89 | FreeBSD 2.1.6     | |     |  \          OpenBSD 2.0       |
90 |     |             | |     |   \             |             |
91 | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1   | |     |    \            |             |
92 |     |             | |     |     \           |             |
93 | FreeBSD 2.1.7     | |     |      |          |             |
94 |     |             | |     |  NetBSD 1.2.1   |             |
95 | FreeBSD 2.1.7.1   | |     |                 |             |
96 |                   | |     |                 |             |
97 |                   | |     |                 |             |
98 *-FreeBSD 2.2       | |     |                 |             |
99 |        \          | |     |                 |             |
100 |     FreeBSD 2.2.1 | |     |                 |             |
101 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
102 |     FreeBSD 2.2.2 | |     |             OpenBSD 2.1       |
103 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
104 |     FreeBSD 2.2.5 | |     |                 |             |
105 |         |         | |     |             OpenBSD 2.2       |
106 |         |         | |  NetBSD 1.3           |             |
107 |     FreeBSD 2.2.6 | |     |    |            |             |
108 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.1    |           BSD/OS 3.1
109 |         |         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.3       |
110 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.2    |             |
111 |     FreeBSD 2.2.7 | |     |    |            |             |
112 |         |         | |     |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.0
113 |         v         | |     |    |            |             |
114 |     FreeBSD 2.2.8 | |     |    |            |             |
115 |                   | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.4       |
116FreeBSD 3.0 <--------* |     |    v            |             |
117 |                     |     | NetBSD 1.3.3    |             |
118 *---FreeBSD 3.1       |     |                 |             |
119 |       |             |     |                 |           BSD/OS 4.0.1
120 |   FreeBSD 3.2----*  |  NetBSD 1.4       OpenBSD 2.5       |
121 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
122 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
123 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
124 |   FreeBSD 3.3    |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.1    |             |
125 |       |          |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.6       |
126 |   FreeBSD 3.4    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
127 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.1
128FreeBSD 4.0  |      |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.2    |             |
129 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
130 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
131 |   FreeBSD 3.5    |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.7       |
132 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
133 |   FreeBSD 3.5.1  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
134 |                  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
135 *---FreeBSD 4.1    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
136 |      |           |  | (?) |    |            |             |
137 |   FreeBSD 4.1.1  |  |  /  |    |            |             |
138 |      |           |  | /   |    |            |             |
139 |   FreeBSD 4.2   Darwin/   | NetBSD 1.4.3    |             |
140 |      |         Mac OS X   |             OpenBSD 2.8     BSD/OS 4.2
141 |      |             |      |                 |             |
142 |      |             |      |                 |             |
143 |      |           10.0  NetBSD 1.5           |             |
144 |   FreeBSD 4.3      |      |    |            |             |
145 |      |             |      |    |        OpenBSD 2.9       |
146 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.5.1    |             |
147 |      |             |      |    |            |             |
148 |   FreeBSD 4.4-.    |      | NetBSD 1.5.2    |             |
149 |      |        | Mac OS X  |    |            |             |
150 |      |        |   10.1    |    |        OpenBSD 3.0       |
151 |   FreeBSD 4.5 |    |      |    |            |             |
152 |      |         \   |      |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.3
153 |   FreeBSD 4.6   \  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.1       |
154 |      |           \ |      | NetBSD 1.5.3    |             |
155 |   FreeBSD 4.6.2 Mac OS X  |                 |             |
156 |      |            10.2    |                 |             |
157 |   FreeBSD 4.7      |      |                 |             |
158 |      |             |   NetBSD 1.6       OpenBSD 3.2       |
159 |   FreeBSD 4.8      |      |    |            |             |
160 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.6.1    |             |
161 |      |--------.    |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.3     BSD/OS 5.0
162 |      |         \   |      |    |            |             |
163 |   FreeBSD 4.9   |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.4     BSD/OS 5.1 ISE
164 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
165 |      |          |  |      | NetBSD 1.6.2    |
166 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
167 |      |          |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.5
168 |      |          |  |      |    v            |
169 |   FreeBSD 4.10  |  |      |                 |
170 |      |          |  |      |                 |
171 |   FreeBSD 4.11  |  |      |                 |
172 |                 |  |      |                 |
173 |                  `-|------|-----------------|---------------------.
174 |                    |      |                 |                      \
175FreeBSD 5.0           |      |                 |                       |
176 |                    |      |                 |                       |
177FreeBSD 5.1           |      |                 |                 DragonFly 1.0
178 |          \         |      |                 |                       |
179 |           ----- Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
180 |                   10.3    |                 |                       |
181FreeBSD 5.2           |      |                 |                       |
182 |      |             |      |                 |                       |
183 |   FreeBSD 5.2.1    |      |                 |                       |
184 |                    |      |                 |                       |
185 *-------FreeBSD 5.3  |      |                 |                       |
186 |           |        |      |             OpenBSD 3.6                 |
187 |           |        |   NetBSD 2.0           |                       |
188 |           |        |      | |  |            |                DragonFly 1.2.0
189 |           |     Mac OS X  | | NetBSD 2.0.2  |                       |
190 |           |       10.4    | |  |            |                       |
191 |       FreeBSD 5.4  |      | |  |            |                       |
192 |           |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.7                 |
193 |           |        |      | | NetBSD 2.0.3  |                       |
194 |           |        |      | |  |            |                       |
195 *--FreeBSD  |        |      | |  v        OpenBSD 3.8                 |
196 |    6.0    |        |      | |               |                       |
197 |     |     |        |      |  \              |                       |
198 |     |     |        |      | NetBSD 2.1      |                       |
199 |     |     |        |      |                 |                       |
200 |     |     |        |   NetBSD 3.0           |                       |
201 |     |     |        |      | |  |            |                DragonFly 1.4.0
202 |     |     |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.9                 |
203 |  FreeBSD  |        |      | |  |            |                       |
204 |    6.1    |        |      | |  |            |                       |
205 |     |  FreeBSD 5.5 |      | |  |            |                       |
206 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.1  |                DragonFly 1.6.0
207 |     |              |      | |  |            |                       |
208 |     |              |      | |  |        OpenBSD 4.0                 |
209 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.2  |                       |
210 |     |              |      | NetBSD 3.1      |                       |
211 | FreeBSD 6.2        |      |                 |                       |
212 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.8.0
213 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.1                 |
214 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.10.0
215 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
216 |     |             10.5    |                 |                       |
217 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.2                 |
218 |     |              |   NetBSD 4.0           |                       |
219 | FreeBSD 6.3        |      |                 |                       |
220 |            \       |      |                 |                       |
221 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.12.0
222 |    7.0      |      |      |                 |                       |
223 |     |       |      |      |             OpenBSD 4.3                 |
224 |     |       |      |      |                 |                DragonFly 2.0.0
225 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |             OpenBSD 4.4                 |
226 |     |      6.4     |      |                 |                       |
227 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
228 |  FreeBSD 7.1       |      |                 |                       |
229 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 2.2.0
230 |  FreeBSD 7.2       |   NetBSD 5.0       OpenBSD 4.5                 |
231 |             \      |      |    |            |                       |
232 |              |  Mac OS X  |    |            |                       |
233 |              |    10.6    |    |            |                       |
234 |              |     |      |    |            |                DragonFly 2.4.0
235 |              |     |      |    |        OpenBSD 4.6                 |
236 |              |     |      |    |            |                       |
237 *--FreeBSD     |     |      |    |            |                       |
238 |    8.0       |     |      |    |            |                       |
239 |     |     FreeBSD  |      |    |            |                       |
240 |     |       7.3    |      |    |            |                DragonFly 2.6.0
241 |     |        |     |      |    |        OpenBSD 4.7                 |
242 |  FreeBSD     |     |      |    |            |                       |
243 |    8.1       |     |      |    |            |                       |
244 |     |        |     |      |    |            |                DragonFly 2.8.2
245 |     |        |     |      |    |        OpenBSD 4.8                 |
246 |     |        |     |      | NetBSD 5.1      |                       |
247 |  FreeBSD  FreeBSD  |      |                 |                       |
248 |    8.2      7.4    |      |                 |               DragonFly 2.10.1
249 |     v              |      |             OpenBSD 4.9                 |
250 |                    |      |                 |                       |
251FreeBSD 9 -current    |  NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current             |
252 |                    |      |                 |                       |
253 v                    v      v                 v                       v
254
255Time
256----------------
257
258Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
259was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
260
261[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
262	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
263	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
264[APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
265[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
266[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
267[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
268[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
269[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
270	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
271[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
272	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
273[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
274	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
275	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
276[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
277[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
278[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
279[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
280[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
281[USE] Usenet announcement.
282[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
283[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
284
285Multics                 1965
286UNIX                    Summer 1969
287				DEC PDP-7
288First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
289				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
290Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
291				10 UNIX installations
292Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
293				Pipes, 16 installations
294Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
295				rewriting in C effected,
296                                above 30 installations
297Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
298				above 50 installations
299Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
300				port to DEC Vax
301Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
302				first portable UNIX
303Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
304				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
305				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
306				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
307			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
308			and networking part by the streams mechanism
309
310Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
311Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
312
3131BSD                    late 1977
314			1978-03-09 [QCU]
315				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
316				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
317				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
3182BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
319				75 2BSD tapes shipped
3202.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
3212.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
322
3232.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
324				set of performance improvements
3252.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
3262.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
3272.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
3282.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
3292.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
3302.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
3312.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
332
33332V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
3343BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
335				virtual memory, page replacement,
336                        	demand paging
3374.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
3384.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
3394.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
340				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
3414.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
3424.1cBSD                 late 1982
343				beta release, IPC [44B]
3444.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
345                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
3464.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
347			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
3484.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
3494.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
350                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
3514.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
3524.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
353
354BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
355				first code released to people outside BSDI
356386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
357BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
358BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
359386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
3604.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
361BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
362				first external gamma; G customers
363BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
364				would have been 1.0 except for request
365				for preliminary injunction
366BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
367				injunction denied; first official release
368NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
3694.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
370NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
371FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
372FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
373				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
374BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
3754.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
376FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
377FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
378FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
379				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
380NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
381386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
382FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
383BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
384FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
385BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
3864.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
387				the true final distribution from the CSRG
388FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
389NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
390BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
391FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
392NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
393OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
394FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
395FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
396Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
397FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
398BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
399FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
400FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
401FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
402NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
403OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
404FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
405OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
406NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
407FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
408NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
409BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
410OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
411NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
412FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
413BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
414				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
415FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
416				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
417				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
418				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
419FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
420OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
421NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
422FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
423BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
424NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
425FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
426OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
427NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
428FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
429OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
430FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
431BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
432FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
433NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
434OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
435FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
436FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
437FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
438FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
439FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
440NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
441BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
442OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
443NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
444Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
445FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
446OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
447NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
448NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
449FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
450Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
451OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
452FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
453BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
454OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
455FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
456NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
457FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
458Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
459NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
460FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
461OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
462FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
463				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
464				-current, similar to 3.0.
465FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
466NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
467OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
468BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
469FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
470Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
471FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
472BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
473OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
474FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
475FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
476NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
477OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
478FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
479DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
480OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
481FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
482NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
483FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
484DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
485NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
486Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
487FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
488OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
489NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
490OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
491FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
492NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
493NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
494DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
495OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
496FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
497FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
498NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
499DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
500OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
501NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
502NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
503FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
504DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
505OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
506DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
507Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
508OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
509NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
510FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
511DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
512FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
513OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
514DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
515OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
516FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
517FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
518DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
519NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
520OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
521FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
522Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
523DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
524OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
525FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
526FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
527DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
528OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
529FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
530DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
531OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
532NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
533FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
534FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
535DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
536OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
537
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573
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576
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579
580James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
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583
584
585Acknowledgments
586---------------
587
588Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
589original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
590
591Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
592
593--
594Copyright (c) 1997-2007 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
595URL: http://cvsweb.freebsd.org/src/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
596
597$FreeBSD$
598