bsd-family-tree revision 1.6
11.6SitojunThe UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD
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31.1Sabs
41.1SabsFirst Edition (V1)
51.1Sabs     |
61.1SabsSecond Edition (V2)
71.1Sabs     |
81.1SabsThird Edition (V3)
91.1Sabs     |
101.1SabsFourth Edition (V4)
111.1Sabs     |
121.1SabsFifth Edition (V5)
131.1Sabs     |
141.1SabsSixth Edition (V6) -----*
151.1Sabs       \                |
161.1Sabs        \               |
171.1Sabs         \              |
181.1SabsSeventh Edition (V7)    |
191.1Sabs            \           |
201.1Sabs             \        1BSD
211.1Sabs             32V        |
221.1Sabs               \      2BSD---------------*
231.1Sabs                \    /                   |
241.1Sabs                 \  /                    |
251.1Sabs                  \/                     |
261.1Sabs                 3BSD                    |
271.1Sabs                  |                      |
281.1Sabs               4.0BSD               2.7.9BSD
291.1Sabs                  |                      |
301.6Sitojun               4.1BSD --------------> 2.8BSD
311.6Sitojun                  |                      |
321.6Sitojun              4.1aBSD -----------\       |
331.6Sitojun                  |                \     |
341.6Sitojun              4.1bBSD                \   |
351.6Sitojun                  |                    \ |
361.6Sitojun      *------ 4.1cBSD --------------> 2.9BSD
371.6Sitojun     /            |                      |
381.6SitojunEighth Edition    |                   2.9BSD-Seismo
391.1Sabs     |            |                      |
401.1Sabs     +----<--- 4.2BSD               2.9.1BSD
411.1Sabs     |            |                      |
421.1Sabs     +----<--- 4.3BSD -------------> 2.10BSD
431.1Sabs     |            |               /      |
441.1SabsNinth Edition     |              / 2.10.1BSD
451.1Sabs     |         4.3BSD Tahoe-----+        |
461.1Sabs     |            |              \       |
471.1Sabs     |            |                \     |
481.1Sabs     v            |                  2.11BSD
491.1SabsTenth Edition     |                      |
501.6Sitojun                  |                  2.11BSD rev #430
511.1Sabs               4.3BSD NET/1              |
521.1Sabs                  |                      v
531.1Sabs               4.3BSD Reno
541.1Sabs                  |
551.1Sabs   *---------- 4.3BSD NET/2 -------------------+-------------*
561.1Sabs   |                    |                      |             |
571.1Sabs386BSD 0.0              |                      |             |
581.1Sabs   |                    |                      |             |
591.1Sabs386BSD 0.1 ------------>+                      |           BSDI 1.0
601.1Sabs   |     \              |                  4.4BSD Alpha      |
611.1Sabs   |     386BSD 1.0     |                      |             |
621.1Sabs   |                    |                  4.4BSD            |
631.1Sabs   |                    |                    / |             |
641.1Sabs   |                    |   4.4BSD-Encumbered  |             |
651.1Sabs   |                 NetBSD 0.8                |             |
661.1Sabs   |                    |                      |             |
671.1SabsFreeBSD 1.0          NetBSD 0.9                |             |
681.1Sabs   |                    |           .----- 4.4BSD Lite --> BSDI 2.0
691.1SabsFreeBSD 1.1             |          /   /       |             |
701.1Sabs   |                    |         /   /        |           BSDI 2.0.1
711.1SabsFreeBSD 1.1.5       .---|--------'   /         |             |
721.1Sabs   |               /    |           /      4.4BSD Lite2 -> BSDI 2.1
731.1SabsFreeBSD 1.1.5.1   /     |          /      /    |    | \      |
741.1Sabs   |             /   NetBSD 1.0 <-'      /     |    |   \    |
751.1Sabs   |            /       |              /       |    |    `-BSDI 3.0
761.1SabsFreeBSD 2.0 <--'        |         FreeBSD 3.0  |    |        |
771.1Sabs   |                     \               NetBSD 1.3 |        v
781.1SabsFreeBSD 2.0.5             \                   OpenBSD 2.3
791.1Sabs   |                       \
801.1Sabs   |                        \
811.1SabsFreeBSD 2.1                  |
821.6Sitojun |   |                    NetBSD 1.1 ------.
831.6Sitojun | FreeBSD 2.1.5             |              \
841.6Sitojun |     |                  NetBSD 1.2         \
851.6Sitojun | FreeBSD 2.1.6             |  \          OpenBSD 2.0
861.6Sitojun |     |                     |   \             |
871.6Sitojun | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1           |    \            |
881.6Sitojun |     |                     |     \           |
891.6Sitojun | FreeBSD 2.1.7             |      |          |
901.6Sitojun |     |                     |  NetBSD 1.2.1   |
911.6Sitojun | FreeBSD 2.1.7.1           |                 |
921.6Sitojun |                           |                 |
931.6Sitojun |                           |                 |
941.6Sitojun *-FreeBSD 2.2               |                 |
951.6Sitojun |        \                  |                 |
961.6Sitojun |     FreeBSD 2.2.1         |                 |
971.6Sitojun |         |                 |                 |
981.6Sitojun |     FreeBSD 2.2.2         |             OpenBSD 2.1
991.6Sitojun |         |                 |                 |
1001.6Sitojun |     FreeBSD 2.2.5         |                 |
1011.6Sitojun |         |                 |             OpenBSD 2.2
1021.6Sitojun |         |              NetBSD 1.3           |
1031.6Sitojun |     FreeBSD 2.2.6         |    |            |
1041.6Sitojun |         |                 | NetBSD 1.3.1    |
1051.6Sitojun |         |                 |    |        OpenBSD 2.3
1061.6Sitojun |         |                 | NetBSD 1.3.2    |
1071.6Sitojun |     FreeBSD 2.2.7         |    |            |
1081.6Sitojun |         |                 |    |            |
1091.6Sitojun |         v                 |    |            |
1101.6Sitojun |     FreeBSD 2.2.8         |    |            |
1111.6Sitojun |                           |    |            |
1121.6Sitojun |                           |    |        OpenBSD 2.4
1131.6SitojunFreeBSD 3.0                  |    v            |
1141.6Sitojun |                           | NetBSD 1.3.3    |
1151.6Sitojun *---FreeBSD 3.1             |                 |
1161.6Sitojun |       |                   |                 |
1171.6Sitojun |   FreeBSD 3.2          NetBSD 1.4       OpenBSD 2.5
1181.6Sitojun |       |                   |    |            |
1191.6Sitojun |   FreeBSD 3.3             | NetBSD 1.4.1    |
1201.6Sitojun |       |                   |    |        OpenBSD 2.6
1211.6Sitojun |   FreeBSD 3.4             |    |            |
1221.6Sitojun |           |               |    |            |
1231.6SitojunFreeBSD 4.0  |               | NetBSD 1.4.2    |
1241.6Sitojun |           |               |                 |
1251.6Sitojun |           |               |                 |
1261.6Sitojun |   FreeBSD 3.5             |             OpenBSD 2.7
1271.6Sitojun |           |               |                 |
1281.6Sitojun |   FreeBSD 3.5.1           |                 |
1291.6Sitojun |                           |                 |
1301.6Sitojun *---FreeBSD 4.1             |                 |
1311.6Sitojun |      |                    |                 | 
1321.6Sitojun |   FreeBSD 4.1.1           |                 |
1331.6Sitojun |      |                    |                 |
1341.6Sitojun |      v                    |                 |
1351.6Sitojun |                           |                 |
1361.6Sitojun |                           |                 |
1371.6SitojunFreeBSD 5.0-current       NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current
1381.6Sitojun |                           |                 |
1391.6Sitojun v                           v                 v
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1411.1Sabs
1421.1SabsTime
1431.1Sabs----------------
1441.1Sabs
1451.1SabsTime tolerance +/- 6 month, depend on which book/article you read; if
1461.1Sabsit was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
1471.1Sabs
1481.1Sabs[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
1491.1Sabs	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
1501.1Sabs	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
1511.1Sabs[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
1521.1Sabs[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
1531.1Sabs[U25] Peter H. Salus. Unix at 25.
1541.1Sabs[USE] Usenet announcement.
1551.1Sabs[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
1561.1Sabs	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
1571.1Sabs	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
1581.1Sabs[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
1591.1Sabs	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
1601.1Sabs[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
1611.1Sabs	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
1621.1Sabs[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
1631.1Sabs[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
1641.1Sabs[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
1651.1Sabs[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
1661.1Sabs[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
1671.1Sabs
1681.1Sabs
1691.1SabsMultics                 1965
1701.6SitojunUNIX                    Summer 1969
1711.1Sabs				DEC PDP-7
1721.1SabsFirst   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
1731.1Sabs				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
1741.1SabsSecond  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
1751.6Sitojun				10 UNIX installations
1761.1SabsThird   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
1771.1Sabs				Pipes, 16 installations
1781.1SabsFourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
1791.1Sabs				rewriting in C effected,
1801.1Sabs                                above 30 installations
1811.1SabsFifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
1821.1Sabs				above 50 installations
1831.1SabsSixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
1841.1Sabs				port to DEC Vax
1851.1SabsSeventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
1861.6Sitojun				first portable UNIX
1871.6SitojunEighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
1881.1Sabs				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
1891.1Sabs				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
1901.1Sabs				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
1911.1Sabs			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device 
1921.1Sabs			and networking part by the streams mechanism
1931.1Sabs
1941.1SabsNinth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
1951.1SabsTenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
1961.1Sabs
1971.1Sabs1BSD                    late 1977
1981.1Sabs			1978-03-09 [QCU]
1991.1Sabs				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
2001.1Sabs				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
2011.1Sabs				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
2021.1Sabs2BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU]
2031.1Sabs				75 2BSD tapes shipped
2041.1Sabs2.7.9BSD		?? [SMS]
2051.1Sabs2.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
2061.1Sabs
2071.1Sabs2.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
2081.1Sabs				set of performance improvements
2091.1Sabs2.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
2101.1Sabs2.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx
2111.1Sabs2.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
2121.1Sabs2.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
2131.1Sabs2.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
2141.1Sabs2.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
2151.6Sitojun2.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
2161.1Sabs
2171.1Sabs32V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
2181.1Sabs3BSD                    late 1979 [QCU]
2191.1Sabs				virtual memory, page replacement,
2201.1Sabs                        	demand paging
2211.1Sabs4.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
2221.1Sabs4.1BSD                  1981-06-xx
2231.1Sabs4.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
2241.1Sabs				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
2251.1Sabs4.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
2261.1Sabs4.1cBSD                 late 1982
2271.1Sabs				beta release, IPC [44B]
2281.1Sabs4.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
2291.1Sabs4.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
2301.1Sabs			1986-04-xx [KB]
2311.1Sabs4.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-xx [QCU]
2321.1Sabs4.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
2331.1Sabs4.3BSD Reno             1990-06-xx [QCU], [DOC]
2341.1Sabs4.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-xx [QCU]
2351.1Sabs386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
2361.1Sabs386BSD 0.1              1992-07-xx [DOC]
2371.1Sabs4.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
2381.6SitojunNetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
2391.1Sabs4.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
2401.1SabsNetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
2411.6SitojunFreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-xx [FOO]
2421.1Sabs4.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
2431.6SitojunFreeBSD 1.1		1994-04-xx [FBD]
2441.6SitojunFreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-xx [FBD]
2451.6Sitojun				supersedes 1.1.5 3 days after release.
2461.6SitojunNetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
2471.1Sabs386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
2481.6SitojunFreeBSD 2.0		1995-01-xx [FBD]
2491.6SitojunFreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-xx [FBD]
2501.6Sitojun4.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
2511.6Sitojun				the true final distribution from the CSRG
2521.1SabsNetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
2531.6SitojunFreeBSD 2.1		1995-12-xx [FBD]
2541.6SitojunFreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-08-xx [FBD]
2551.1SabsNetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
2561.1SabsOpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
2571.6SitojunFreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-12-xx [FBD]
2581.6SitojunFreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-xx [FBD]
2591.6SitojunFreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-04-xx [FBD]
2601.6SitojunNetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
2611.1SabsOpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
2621.6SitojunFreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-06-xx [FBD]
2631.6SitojunFreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-11-xx [FBD]
2641.1SabsOpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
2651.5SabsNetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
2661.6SitojunFreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-xx [FBD]
2671.6SitojunNetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
2681.1SabsOpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
2691.6SitojunNetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
2701.6SitojunFreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-xx [FBD]
2711.6SitojunFreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
2721.6Sitojun				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current, 
2731.6Sitojun				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which 
2741.6Sitojun				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
2751.1SabsFreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
2761.1SabsOpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
2771.6SitojunNetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
2781.6SitojunFreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
2791.4SabsNetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
2801.6SitojunFreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
2811.4SabsOpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
2821.6SitojunNetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
2831.6SitojunFreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
2841.6SitojunOpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
2851.6SitojunFreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
2861.6SitojunFreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
2871.6SitojunNetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
2881.6SitojunOpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
2891.6SitojunFreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
2901.6SitojunFreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
2911.6SitojunFreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
2921.6SitojunFreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
2931.1Sabs
2941.1Sabs
2951.1SabsBibliography
2961.1Sabs------------------------
2971.1Sabs
2981.1SabsLeffler, Samuel J., Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J Karels and John
2991.1SabsQuarterman. The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating
3001.1SabsSystem. Reading, Mass. Addison-Wesley, 1989. ISBN 0-201-06196-1
3011.1Sabs
3021.1SabsSalus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX. Addison-Wesley Publishing
3031.1SabsCompany, Inc., 1994. ISBN 0-201-54777-5
3041.1Sabs
3051.1SabsMcKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels, and John
3061.1SabsQuarterman. The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating
3071.1SabsSystem. Reading, Mass. Addison-Wesley, 1996. ISBN 0-201-54979-4
3081.1Sabs
3091.1SabsDoug McIlroy. Research Unix Reader.
3101.1Sabs
3111.1SabsMichael G. Brown. The Role of BSD in the Development of Unix.
3121.1SabsPresented to the Tasmanian Unix Special Interest Group of the
3131.1SabsAustralian Computer Society, Hobart, August 1993.
3141.1Sabs
3151.6SitojunPeter H. Salus. Unix at 25. Byte Magazine, October 1994.
3161.1SabsURL: http://www.byte.com/art/9410/sec8/art3.htm
3171.1Sabs
3181.1SabsAndreas Klemm, Lars K�ller. If you're going to San Francisco ...
3191.1SabsDie freien BSD-Varianten von Unix. c't April 1997, page 368ff.
3201.1Sabs
3211.1SabsBSD Release Announcements collection.
3221.6SitojunURL: http://www.de.FreeBSD.org/de/ftp/releases/
3231.1Sabs
3241.1SabsBSD Hypertext Man Pages
3251.6Sitojunhttp://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi
3261.6Sitojun
3271.6SitojunUNIX history graphing project
3281.6Sitojunhttp://minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au/Unix_History/index.html
3291.6Sitojun
3301.6SitojunUNIX history
3311.6Sitojunhttp://perso.wanadoo.fr/levenez/unix/
3321.1Sabs
3331.1SabsAcknowledgments
3341.1Sabs---------------
3351.1Sabs
3361.6SitojunJosh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
3371.1Sabsoriginal BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
3381.1Sabs
3391.1SabsSteven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
3401.1Sabs
3411.1Sabs--
3421.1SabsCopyright (c) 1997-1999 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
3431.1SabsURL: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/src/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
3441.1Sabs
3451.6Sitojun$FreeBSD: src/share/misc/bsd-family-tree,v 1.30 2000/10/02 11:26:59 itojun Exp $
3461.1Sabs
3471.6Sitojun$NetBSD: bsd-family-tree,v 1.6 2000/10/02 11:28:22 itojun Exp $
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