Subject: Re: Why did NetBSD and FreeBSD diverge?
To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
From: Chris Fuhrman <cfuhrman@tfcci.com>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 01/18/2001 08:44:02
Howdy,
I'm trying to represent, in my mind, the "BSD Family Tree" and have come
up with the following ASCII drawing based on discussions here. Please
note:
* I am not an artist :)
* I am assuming that OpenBSD split from NetBSD after BSD 4.4-Lite was
release. I am using the "dotted" lines to show BSD 4.4-Lite's
influence on Net- and FreeBSD.
* I can't remember if there were any interim releases between Net/2 and
4.4-Lite
* I am not placing Apple's Darwin on here. I *think* it's based off of
FreeBSD and, if so, I'll be happy to add it.
* While this drawing loosely illustrates the time line, it is not, by
any means, "to scale".
* I am not responsible if your e-mail package munges the drawing. It
looked okay in pine dammit so it should look okay in yours ;)
Please feel free to e-mail me any glaring mistakes and I'll be happy to
repost this.
+-----------+
| BSD Net/2 |
+-----------+
| |
+-----------+ |
| 368BSD | +-----------+
+-----------+ |BSD4.4 Lite| - - - +
| | +-----------+
| | |
| +-----------+
| | NetBSD | < - - - - - - - +
| +-----------+
| | |
+-----------+ |
| FreeBSD | < - - | - - - - - - - - +
+-----------+ |
+-----------+
| OpenBSD |
+-----------+
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