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1The Unix system family tree / BSD history chart
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               2.7.9BSD
29                  |                      |
30       *------ 4.1BSD --------------> 2.8BSD
31      /           |                      |
32Eighth Edition     |                 2.8.1BSD
33     |            |                      |
34     |        4.1aBSD -----------\       |
35     |            |                \     |
36     |        4.1bBSD                \   |
37     |            |                    \ |
38     |        4.1cBSD --------------> 2.9BSD
39     |            |                      |
40     |            |                   2.9BSD-Seismo
41     |            |                      |
42     +----<--- 4.2BSD               2.9.1BSD
43     |            |                      |
44     +----<--- 4.3BSD -------------> 2.10BSD
45     |            |               /      |
46Ninth Edition     |              / 2.10.1BSD
47     |         4.3BSD Tahoe-----+        |
48     |            |              \       |
49     |            |                \     |
50     v            |                  2.11BSD
51Tenth Edition     |                      |
52                  |                  2.11BSD rev #366
53               4.3BSD NET/1              |
54                  |                      v
55               4.3BSD Reno
56                  |
57   *---------- 4.3BSD NET/2 -------------------+-------------*
58   |                    |                      |             |
59386BSD 0.0              |                      |             |
60   |                    |                      |             |
61386BSD 0.1 ------------>+                      |           BSDI 1.0
62   |     \              |                  4.4BSD Alpha      |
63   |     386BSD 1.0     |                      |             |
64   |                    |                  4.4BSD            |
65   |                    |                    / |             |
66   |                    |   4.4BSD-Encumbered  |             |
67   |                 NetBSD 0.8                |             |
68   |                    |                      |             |
69FreeBSD 1.0          NetBSD 0.9                |             |
70   |                    |           .----- 4.4BSD Lite --> BSDI 2.0
71FreeBSD 1.1             |          /   /       |             |
72   |                    |         /   /        |           BSDI 2.0.1
73FreeBSD 1.1.5       .---|--------'   /         |             |
74   |               /    |           /      4.4BSD Lite2 -> BSDI 2.1
75FreeBSD 1.1.5.1   /     |          /      /    |    | \      |
76   |             /   NetBSD 1.0 <-'      /     |    |   \    |
77   |            /       |              /       |    |    `-BSDI 3.0
78FreeBSD 2.0 <--'        |         FreeBSD 3.0  |    |        |
79   |                     \               NetBSD 1.3 |        v
80FreeBSD 2.0.5             \                   OpenBSD 2.3
81   |                       \
82   |                        \
83FreeBSD 2.1                  |
84 |   |                    NetBSD 1.1 ---------.
85 | FreeBSD 2.1.5             |                 \
86 |     |                  NetBSD 1.2            \
87 | FreeBSD 2.1.6             |    |           OpenBSD 2.0
88 |     |                     |    |               |
89 | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1           |    |               |
90 |     |                     |    |               |
91 | FreeBSD 2.1.7             |    |               |
92 |     |                     | NetBSD 1.2.1       |
93 | FreeBSD 2.1.7.1           |                    |
94 |                           |                    |
95 |                           |                    |
96 *-FreeBSD 2.2               |                    |
97    |   |                    |                    |
98    |  FreeBSD 2.2.1         |                    |
99    |      |                 |                    |
100    |  FreeBSD 2.2.2         |                OpenBSD 2.1
101    |      |                 |                    |
102    |  FreeBSD 2.2.5         |                    |
103    |      |                 |                OpenBSD 2.2
104    |      |              NetBSD 1.3              |
105    |  FreeBSD 2.2.6         |    |               |
106    |      |                 | NetBSD 1.3.1       |
107    |      |                 |    |           OpenBSD 2.3
108    |      |                 | NetBSD 1.3.2       |
109    |  FreeBSD 2.2.7         |    |               |
110    |      |                 |    |               |
111    |  FreeBSD 2.2.8         |    |               |
112    |                        |    |               |
113FreeBSD 3.0                  |    |           OpenBSD 2.4
114    |                        | NetBSD 1.3.3       |
115    *---FreeBSD 3.1          |                    |
116    |      |              NetBSD 1.4              |
117    |   FreeBSD 3.2          |                OpenBSD 2.5
118    |                        |                    |
119FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT       NetBSD -current     OpenBSD -current
120    |                        |                    |
121    v                        v                    v
122
123
124Time
125----------------
126
127Time tolerance +/- 6 month, depend on which book/article you read; if
128it was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
129
130[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
131	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
132	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
133[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
134[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
135[U25] Peter H. Salus. Unix at 25.
136[USE] Usenet announcement.
137[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
138	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
139	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
140[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
141	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
142[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
143	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
144[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
145[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
146[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
147[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
148[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
149
150
151Multics                 1965
152Unix                    Summer 1969
153				DEC PDP-7
154First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
155				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
156Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
157				10 Unix installations
158Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
159				Pipes, 16 installations
160Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
161				rewriting in C effected,
162                                above 30 installations
163Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
164				above 50 installations
165Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
166				port to DEC Vax
167Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
168				first portable Unix
169Eight   Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
170				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
171				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
172				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
173			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
174			and networking part by the streams mechanism
175
176Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
177Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
178
1791BSD                    late 1977
180			1978-03-09 [QCU]
181				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
182				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
183				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
1842BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU]
185				75 2BSD tapes shipped
1862.7.9BSD		?? [SMS]
1872.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
188
1892.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
190				set of performance improvements
1912.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
1922.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx
1932.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
1942.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
1952.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
1962.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
1972.11BSD rev #366	1997-02-xx [SMS]
198
19932V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
2003BSD                    late 1979 [QCU]
201				virtual memory, page replacement,
202                        	demand paging
2034.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
2044.1BSD                  1981-06-xx
2054.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
206				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
2074.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
2084.1cBSD                 late 1982
209				beta release, IPC [44B]
2104.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
2114.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
212			1986-04-xx [KB]
2134.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-xx [QCU]
2144.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
2154.3BSD Reno             1990-06-xx [QCU], [DOC]
2164.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-xx [QCU]
217386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
218386BSD 0.1              1992-07-xx [DOC]
2194.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
220NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-19 [NBD]
2214.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
222NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
223FreeBSD 1.0             1993-11-xx [FOO]
2244.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
225FreeBSD 1.1             1994-04-xx [FBD]
226FreeBSD 1.1.5.1         1994-07-xx [FBD]
227                                supercedes 1.1.5 3 days after release.
228NetBSD 1.0              1994-11-08 [NBD]
229386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
230FreeBSD 2.0             1995-01-xx [FBD]
231FreeBSD 2.0.5           1995-06-xx [FBD]
2324.4BSD Lite Release 2   1995-06-xx [44B]
233                                the true final distribution from the CSRG
234NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
235FreeBSD 2.1             1995-12-xx [FBD]
236FreeBSD 2.1.5           1996-08-xx [FBD]
237NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
238OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
239FreeBSD 2.1.6           1996-12-xx [FBD]
240FreeBSD 2.1.7           1997-02-xx [FBD]
241FreeBSD 2.2.1           1997-04-xx [FBD]
242NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD]
243OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
244FreeBSD 2.2.2           1997-06-xx [FBD]
245FreeBSD 2.2.5           1997-11-xx [FBD]
246OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
247NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
248FreeBSD 2.2.6           1998-03-xx [FBD]
249NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-04-xx [NBD]
250OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
251NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-24 [NBD]
252FreeBSD 2.2.7           1998-07-xx [FBD]
253FreeBSD 3.0             1998-10-16 [FBD]
254FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
255OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
256NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD]
257FreeBSD 3.1             1999-02-15 [FBD]
258NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
259OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
260
261
262Bibliography
263------------------------
264
265Leffler, Samuel J., Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J Karels and John
266Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating
267System. Reading, Mass. Addison-Wesley, 1989. ISBN 0-201-06196-1
268
269Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX. Addison-Wesley Publishing
270Company, Inc., 1994. ISBN 0-201-54777-5
271
272McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels, and John
273Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating
274System. Reading, Mass. Addison-Wesley, 1996. ISBN 0-201-54979-4
275
276Doug McIlroy. Research Unix Reader.
277
278Michael G. Brown. The Role of BSD in the Development of Unix.
279Presented to the Tasmanian Unix Special Interest Group of the
280Australian Computer Society, Hobart, August 1993.
281URL: http://www.dpac.tas.gov.au/~mgb/papers/bsdrole.html
282
283Peter H. Salus. Unix at 25. Byte Magazin, October 1994.
284URL: http://www.byte.com/art/9410/sec8/art3.htm
285
286Andreas Klemm, Lars K�ller. If you're going to San Francisco ...
287Die freien BSD-Varianten von Unix. c't April 1997, page 368ff.
288URL: http://www.heise.de
289
290BSD Release Announcements collection.
291URL: http://www.de.FreeBSD.ORG/de/ftp/releases/
292
293BSD Hypertext Man Pages
294http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi
295
296Acknowledgments
297---------------
298
299Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bugfixes, and finding very old
300original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
301
302Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
303
304--
305Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
306URL: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/src/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
307
308$FreeBSD: Date: 1999/01/15 17:21:39 $ $FreeBSD Revision: 1.11 $
309
310$NetBSD: bsd-family-tree,v 1.5 1999/07/07 01:54:46 abs Exp $
311