The Unix family tree

This graphic accompanies our story Unix turns 40: The past, present and future of a revolutionary OS.

The chart below (available in larger form on the Wikimedia Commons) shows the history and development paths of today's major versions of Unix and Unix-like operating systems.

Unix versions chart

Credit: Eraserhead1 (licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 and GNU Free Documentation License)

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