bsd-family-tree revision 56406
124424SwoschThe Unix system family tree / BSD history chart
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424424SwoschFirst Edition (V1)
524424Swosch     |
624424SwoschSecond Edition (V2)
724424Swosch     |
824424SwoschThird Edition (V3)
924424Swosch     |
1024424SwoschFourth Edition (V4)
1124424Swosch     |
1224424SwoschFifth Edition (V5)
1324424Swosch     |
1424424SwoschSixth Edition (V6) -----*
1542704Swosch       \                |
1642704Swosch        \               |
1742704Swosch         \              |
1824424SwoschSeventh Edition (V7)    |
1942704Swosch            \           |
2042704Swosch             \        1BSD
2142704Swosch             32V        |
2242704Swosch               \      2BSD---------------*
2342704Swosch                \    /                   |
2442704Swosch                 \  /                    |
2542704Swosch                  \/                     |
2642704Swosch                 3BSD                    |
2742704Swosch                  |                      |
2842704Swosch               4.0BSD               2.7.9BSD
2942704Swosch                  |                      |
3042704Swosch       *------ 4.1BSD --------------> 2.8BSD
3142704Swosch      /           |                      |
3242704SwoschEighth Edition     |                 2.8.1BSD
3324424Swosch     |            |                      |
3425031Swosch     |        4.1aBSD -----------\       |
3525031Swosch     |            |                \     |
3635961Swosch     |        4.1bBSD                \   |
3724424Swosch     |            |                    \ |
3824424Swosch     |        4.1cBSD --------------> 2.9BSD
3924424Swosch     |            |                      |
4025031Swosch     |            |                   2.9BSD-Seismo
4125031Swosch     |            |                      |
4242704Swosch     +----<--- 4.2BSD               2.9.1BSD
4324424Swosch     |            |                      |
4442704Swosch     +----<--- 4.3BSD -------------> 2.10BSD
4524424Swosch     |            |               /      |
4642704SwoschNinth Edition     |              / 2.10.1BSD
4724424Swosch     |         4.3BSD Tahoe-----+        |
4824424Swosch     |            |              \       |
4924424Swosch     |            |                \     |
5042704Swosch     v            |                  2.11BSD
5125031SwoschTenth Edition     |                      |
5225031Swosch                  |                  2.11BSD rev #366
5325031Swosch               4.3BSD NET/1              |
5425031Swosch                  |                      v
5524424Swosch               4.3BSD Reno
5624424Swosch                  |
5724424Swosch   *---------- 4.3BSD NET/2 -------------------+-------------*
5824424Swosch   |                    |                      |             |
5924424Swosch386BSD 0.0              |                      |             |
6024424Swosch   |                    |                      |             |
6124424Swosch386BSD 0.1 ------------>+                      |           BSDI 1.0
6225031Swosch   |     \              |                  4.4BSD Alpha      |
6324424Swosch   |     386BSD 1.0     |                      |             |
6424424Swosch   |                    |                  4.4BSD            |
6525031Swosch   |                    |                    / |             |
6625031Swosch   |                    |   4.4BSD-Encumbered  |             |
6745349Swosch   |                 NetBSD 0.8                |             |
6825031Swosch   |                    |                      |             |
6945349SwoschFreeBSD 1.0          NetBSD 0.9                |             |
7045349Swosch   |                    |           .----- 4.4BSD Lite --> BSDI 2.0
7145349SwoschFreeBSD 1.1             |          /   /       |             |
7245349Swosch   |                    |         /   /        |           BSDI 2.0.1
7345349SwoschFreeBSD 1.1.5       .---|--------'   /         |             |
7445349Swosch   |               /    |           /      4.4BSD Lite2 -> BSDI 2.1
7545349SwoschFreeBSD 1.1.5.1   /     |          /      /    |    | \      |
7645349Swosch   |             /   NetBSD 1.0 <-'      /     |    |   \    |
7745349Swosch   |            /       |              /       |    |    `-BSDI 3.0
7845349SwoschFreeBSD 2.0 <--'        |         FreeBSD 3.0  |    |        |
7945349Swosch   |                     \               NetBSD 1.3 |        v
8045349SwoschFreeBSD 2.0.5             \                   OpenBSD 2.3
8145349Swosch   |                       \
8245349Swosch   |                        \
8346318SwoschFreeBSD 2.1                  |
8445349Swosch |   |                    NetBSD 1.1 ------.
8545349Swosch | FreeBSD 2.1.5             |              \
8645349Swosch |     |                  NetBSD 1.2         \
8746318Swosch | FreeBSD 2.1.6             |  \          OpenBSD 2.0
8846318Swosch |     |                     |   \             |
8946318Swosch | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1           |    \            |
9046318Swosch |     |                     |     \           |
9146318Swosch | FreeBSD 2.1.7             |      |          |
9246318Swosch |     |                     |  NetBSD 1.2.1   |
9346318Swosch | FreeBSD 2.1.7.1           |                 |
9445349Swosch |                           |                 |
9545349Swosch |                           |                 |
9645349Swosch *-FreeBSD 2.2               |                 |
9746318Swosch |        \                  |                 |
9846318Swosch |     FreeBSD 2.2.1         |                 |
9946318Swosch |         |                 |                 |
10046318Swosch |     FreeBSD 2.2.2         |             OpenBSD 2.1
10146318Swosch |         |              NetBSD 1.3           |
10246318Swosch |     FreeBSD 2.2.5         |   \             |
10346318Swosch |         |                 | NetBSD 1.3.1  OpenBSD 2.2
10446318Swosch |         v                 |    |            |
10546318Swosch |     FreeBSD 2.2.6         |    |          OpenBSD 2.3
10646318Swosch |         |                 | NetBSD 1.3.2    |
10746318Swosch |         v                 |    |            |
10846318Swosch |     FreeBSD 2.2.7         |    |            |
10946318Swosch |         |                 |    |            |
11046318Swosch |         v                 |    |            |
11146318Swosch |     FreeBSD 2.2.8         |    |            |
11246318Swosch |                           |    |            |
11346318Swosch |                           |    |        OpenBSD 2.4
11446321SwoschFreeBSD 3.0                  |    |            |
11546321Swosch |                           | NetBSD 1.3.3    |
11646321Swosch *---FreeBSD 3.1             |                 |
11746318Swosch |       |                   |                 |
11846318Swosch |   FreeBSD 3.2          NetBSD 1.4       OpenBSD 2.5
11956406Swosch |       |                   |    |            |
12056406Swosch |   FreeBSD 3.3             | NetBSD 1.4.1    |
12155389Sbillf |       |                   |             OpenBSD 2.6
12255389Sbillf |   FreeBSD 3.4             |                 |
12346318Swosch |                           |                 |
12446318Swosch |                           |                 |
12556406SwoschFreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT       NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current
12656406Swosch |                           |                 |
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13124424SwoschTime
13224424Swosch----------------
13324424Swosch
13425031SwoschTime tolerance +/- 6 month, depend on which book/article you read; if
13525031Swoschit was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
13624424Swosch
13725031Swosch[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
13825031Swosch	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
13925031Swosch	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
14025031Swosch[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
14125031Swosch[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
14225031Swosch[U25] Peter H. Salus. Unix at 25.
14325031Swosch[USE] Usenet announcement.
14425031Swosch[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
14525031Swosch	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
14625031Swosch	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
14725031Swosch[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
14825031Swosch	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
14925031Swosch[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
15025031Swosch	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
15125031Swosch[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
15238440Sjkh[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
15345349Swosch[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
15445349Swosch[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
15542704Swosch[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
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15824424SwoschMultics                 1965
15925031SwoschUnix                    Summer 1969
16025031Swosch				DEC PDP-7
16125031SwoschFirst   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
16225031Swosch				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
16325031SwoschSecond  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
16425031Swosch				10 Unix installations
16525031SwoschThird   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
16625031Swosch				Pipes, 16 installations
16725031SwoschFourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
16825031Swosch				rewriting in C effected,
16924424Swosch                                above 30 installations
17025031SwoschFifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
17125031Swosch				above 50 installations
17225031SwoschSixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
17325031Swosch				port to DEC Vax
17425031SwoschSeventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
17525031Swosch				first portable Unix
17625031SwoschEight   Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
17742704Swosch				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
17842704Swosch				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
17942704Swosch				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
18042704Swosch			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device 
18142704Swosch			and networking part by the streams mechanism
18242704Swosch
18325031SwoschNinth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
18425031SwoschTenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
18524424Swosch
18625031Swosch1BSD                    late 1977
18725031Swosch			1978-03-09 [QCU]
18825031Swosch				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
18925031Swosch				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
19025031Swosch				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
19125031Swosch2BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU]
19225031Swosch				75 2BSD tapes shipped
19325031Swosch2.7.9BSD		?? [SMS]
19425031Swosch2.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
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19625031Swosch2.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
19725031Swosch				set of performance improvements
19825031Swosch2.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
19925031Swosch2.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx
20025031Swosch2.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
20125031Swosch2.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
20225031Swosch2.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
20325031Swosch2.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
20425031Swosch2.11BSD rev #366	1997-02-xx [SMS]
20525031Swosch
20625031Swosch32V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
20725031Swosch3BSD                    late 1979 [QCU]
20825031Swosch				virtual memory, page replacement,
20925031Swosch                        	demand paging
21025031Swosch4.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
21125031Swosch4.1BSD                  1981-06-xx
21225031Swosch4.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
21325031Swosch				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
21425031Swosch4.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
21524424Swosch4.1cBSD                 late 1982
21625031Swosch				beta release, IPC [44B]
21725031Swosch4.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
21825031Swosch4.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
21925031Swosch			1986-04-xx [KB]
22025031Swosch4.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-xx [QCU]
22125031Swosch4.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
22225031Swosch4.3BSD Reno             1990-06-xx [QCU], [DOC]
22325031Swosch4.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-xx [QCU]
22425031Swosch386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
22525031Swosch386BSD 0.1              1992-07-xx [DOC]
22625031Swosch4.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
22745349SwoschNetBSD 0.8              1993-04-19 [NBD]
22825031Swosch4.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
22945349SwoschNetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
23038440SjkhFreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-xx [FOO]
23125031Swosch4.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
23238440SjkhFreeBSD 1.1		1994-04-xx [FBD]
23338440SjkhFreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-xx [FBD]
23449392Swosch				supersedes 1.1.5 3 days after release.
23545349SwoschNetBSD 1.0              1994-11-08 [NBD]
23638440Sjkh386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
23738440SjkhFreeBSD 2.0		1995-01-xx [FBD]
23838440SjkhFreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-xx [FBD]
23925031Swosch4.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
24025031Swosch				the true final distribution from the CSRG
24145349SwoschNetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
24238440SjkhFreeBSD 2.1		1995-12-xx [FBD]
24338440SjkhFreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-08-xx [FBD]
24445349SwoschNetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
24545349SwoschOpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
24638440SjkhFreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-12-xx [FBD]
24738440SjkhFreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-xx [FBD]
24838440SjkhFreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-04-xx [FBD]
24945349SwoschNetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD]
25045349SwoschOpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
25138440SjkhFreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-06-xx [FBD]
25256406SwoschNetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
25338440SjkhFreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-11-xx [FBD]
25445349SwoschOpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
25538440SjkhFreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-xx [FBD]
25656406SwoschNetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD]
25745349SwoschOpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
25845349SwoschNetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-24 [NBD]
25938440SjkhFreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-xx [FBD]
26042589SwoschFreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
26146321Swosch				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current, 
26246321Swosch				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which 
26346321Swosch				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
26445349SwoschFreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
26545349SwoschOpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
26645349SwoschNetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD]
26746318SwoschFreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
26856406SwoschNetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
26955389SbillfFreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
27055389SbillfOpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
27156406SwoschNetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD]
27255389SbillfFreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
27355389SbillfOpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
27455389SbillfFreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
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27724424SwoschBibliography
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27924424Swosch
28024424SwoschLeffler, Samuel J., Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J Karels and John
28124424SwoschQuarterman. The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating
28224424SwoschSystem. Reading, Mass. Addison-Wesley, 1989. ISBN 0-201-06196-1
28324424Swosch
28424424SwoschSalus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX. Addison-Wesley Publishing
28524424SwoschCompany, Inc., 1994. ISBN 0-201-54777-5
28624424Swosch
28724424SwoschMcKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels, and John
28824424SwoschQuarterman. The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating
28924424SwoschSystem. Reading, Mass. Addison-Wesley, 1996. ISBN 0-201-54979-4
29024424Swosch
29125031SwoschDoug McIlroy. Research Unix Reader.
29225031Swosch
29324424SwoschMichael G. Brown. The Role of BSD in the Development of Unix.
29424424SwoschPresented to the Tasmanian Unix Special Interest Group of the
29524424SwoschAustralian Computer Society, Hobart, August 1993.
29624424SwoschURL: http://www.dpac.tas.gov.au/~mgb/papers/bsdrole.html
29724424Swosch
29824424SwoschPeter H. Salus. Unix at 25. Byte Magazin, October 1994.
29924424SwoschURL: http://www.byte.com/art/9410/sec8/art3.htm
30024424Swosch
30125031SwoschAndreas Klemm, Lars K�ller. If you're going to San Francisco ...
30225031SwoschDie freien BSD-Varianten von Unix. c't April 1997, page 368ff.
30325031SwoschURL: http://www.heise.de
30425031Swosch
30525031SwoschBSD Release Announcements collection.
30625031SwoschURL: http://www.de.FreeBSD.ORG/de/ftp/releases/
30725031Swosch
30831658SwoschBSD Hypertext Man Pages
30938301Swoschhttp://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi
31031658Swosch
31125031SwoschAcknowledgments
31225031Swosch---------------
31325031Swosch
31432123SwoschJosh Gilliam for suggestions, bugfixes, and finding very old
31525031Swoschoriginal BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
31625031Swosch
31731658SwoschSteven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
31825031Swosch
31924424Swosch--
32042589SwoschCopyright (c) 1997-1999 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
32142589SwoschURL: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/src/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
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