Database News: February 2010

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

MySQL Newsletter: February 2010

MySQL Newsletter
February 2010
mysql-newsletter@sun.com

Articles in this newsletter:

Highlights

- MySQL Conference and Expo: Register Now - Save $250
- MySQL Conference and Expo: 15 Half-Day Tutorials
- MySQL Download and Documentation Links
- PlanetMySQL Blog: Reorganizing the documentation
- Upcoming MySQL University Sessions
- MySQL Community Survey

New Product Releases

- New Release of MySQL Community Server 5.1.44 (GA)
- New Release of MySQL Cluster 7.1.1 (Beta)
- New Release of MySQL Workbench 5.2.16 (Beta)
- New Release of MySQL Connector/J 5.1.11 (GA)

Hints & Tips

- PlanetMySQL Blog: Performance schema overview
- PlanetMySQL Blog: Index search time depends on the value being searched
- PlanetMySQL Blog: Aggregates: subqueries vs. GROUP BY
- PlanetMySQL Blog: innodb_file_per_table, shrinking table spaces and the data dictionary
- PlanetMySQL Blog: MySQL Replicant: Architecture
- PlanetMySQL Blog: Configuring the InnoDB Plugin (1.0.6) in MySQL 5.1.43
- PlanetMySQL Blog: Further Thoughts on MySQL Upgrades
- PlanetMySQL Blog: What is CHECK TABLE doing with InnoDB tables?
- PlanetMySQL Blog: mysql's --xml and some XSLT
- PlanetMySQL Blog: MySQL Cluster Uses
- PlanetMySQL Blog: MySQL Cluster Start Phases
- PlanetMySQL Blog: MySQL Cluster Start Phases
- PlanetMySQL Blog: How MySQL Cluster BLOBs work:
- PlanerMySQL Blog: How to Prevent Global Check Point Stops in MySQL Cluster
- PlanetMySQL Blog: Gearman meets MySQL Cluster (NDBAPI)
- PlanetMySQL Blog: MySQL Cluster Disk Data Tables

Events

- Live Webinar: MySQL Cluster Connector/Java: Technology Introduction & Getting Started, Part 2 (March 3)
- Live Webinar: MySQL Cluster on Windows - EMEA (March 5)
- Live Webinar: Performance Part 2: How to Boost Performance with MySQL 5.1 and the new InnoDB Plugin (March 9)
- Live Webinar: Migrating from SQL Server to MySQL EMEA (March 11)
- Windows and MySQL - Part 12: Advanced MySQL Replication on Windows (March 16)
- Achieving Peak Application Performance with MySQL Embedded Server (March 17)
- Running MySQL Securely on Windows - EMEA (March 18)

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Highlights

MySQL Conference and Expo: Register Now - Save $250

The MySQL Conference and Expo is a deep technical conference designed to take your skills and know-how to the next level through expert-led sessions, in-depth tutorials, and face-to-face conversations with open source gurus and developers.

View Pricing:
https://en.oreilly.com/mysql2010/public/register#pricing

MySQL Conference and Expo: 15 Half-Day Tutorials

Take advantage of this rare opportunity to get hands-on knowledge from MySQL experts on numerous topics. Tutorials are half day presentations that give you the opportunity to learn a topic in-depth, in a collaborative environment. Tutorials include:

- The Replication Tutorial
- Diagnosing and Fixing MySQL Performance Problems
- Using Partitioning in MySQL 5.1 and 5.5
- MySQL Cluster Tutorial
- Scaling Applications with Caching, Sharding and Replication

View all Tutorials:
http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2010/public/schedule/stype/Tutorial

MySQL Download and Documentation Links

The most recent MySQL downloads and documentation can be found at the following URLs:

Downloads:
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/

Documentation:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/

PlanetMySQL Blog: Reorganizing the documentation
Martin 'MC' Brown

Those of you that know the documentation well will be aware of the old page we used to have for the MySQL documentation. It was huge, and over the years we'd done a number of things to try and improve the layout and make it easier to find what you wanted.

Read the PlanetMySQL Blog:
http://coalface.mcslp.com/2010/02/02/reorganizing-the-documentation/

Upcoming MySQL University Sessions

MySQL University is a free educational online program for engineers and developers who are interested in MySQL development and internals. MySQL University sessions are open to anyone, not limited to Sun employees. Sessions are recorded with slides and audio, so if you can't attend the live session you can review the recording anytime after the session.

Learn More and View Upcoming Sessions:
http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQL_University

To attend a MySQL University session:
http://webmeeting.dimdim.com/portal/JoinForm.action?confKey=mysqluniversity

MySQL Community Survey

Please take a few moments to complete our annual user survey. This is an opportunity to tell us how you are using MySQL and to influence the MySQL roadmap.

Take the Survey (On Zoomerang):
http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB22A4GYWJTJW

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New Product Releases

New Release of MySQL Community Server 5.1.44 (GA)

MySQL Community Server 5.1.44, a new version of the popular Open Source Database Management System, has been released. MySQL 5.1.44 is recommended for use on production systems.

View the complete list of changes:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-44.html

Download Now:
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/

New Release of MySQL Cluster 7.1.1 (Beta)

A new version of MySQL Cluster 7.1 beta has been released.

Download Now:
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/cluster/7.1.html

New Release of MySQL Workbench 5.2.16 (Beta)

The MySQL Workbench Team has published a new beta release of Version 5.2.16.

View the complete list of changes:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/workbench/en/wb-news-5-2-16.html

MySQL Workbench 5.2 Beta Tutorial:
http://wb.mysql.com/?p=406

Download Now:
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/

New Release of MySQL Connector/J 5.1.11 (GA)

MySQL Connector/J 5.1.11, a maintenance release of the production 5.1 branch has been released. Connector/J is the Type-IV pure-Java JDBC driver for MySQL. Version 5.1.11 is suitable for use with any MySQL version including MySQL-5.0, MySQL-5.1 or MySQL-5.5.

View the complete list of changes:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/cj-news-5-1-11.html

Download Now:
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/

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Hints & Tips

PlanetMySQL Blog Posts

The following blog posts are from PlanetMySQL. PlanetMySQL is an aggregation of blogs and news from MySQL developers, users and employees. It is an excellent source of all things MySQL, including technical tips and best practices.

Visit PlanetMySQL:
http://www.planetmysql.org

Submit Your Blog Feed:
http://www.planetmysql.org/newfeed.php

PlanetMySQL Blog: Performance schema overview
Marc Alff

This paper is an introduction to the new 'performance schema' feature, which will be part of the upcoming MySQL 5.5 release. Covering in details every part of the performance schema would require much, much more than a simple article. The pace of this teaser is voluntarily fast, to have a quick overview of the new landscape, and help users already familiar with MySQL to understand by examples what the performance schema provides.

Read the PlanetMySQL Blogpost:
http://marcalff.blogspot.com/2010/01/performance-schema-overview.html

PlanetMySQL Blog: Index search time depends on the value being searched
Alex Bolenok

Answering questions asked on the site. I have a table which stores track titles in a VARCHAR(200) field. The field is indexed, but searching for titles beginning with a letter Z is noticeably slower than for those beginning with A, and the closer the initial letter is to Z, the slower is the query.

Read the PlanetMySQL Blog:
http://explainextended.com/2010/02/04/index-search-time-depends-on-the-value-being-searched/

PlanetMySQL Blog: Aggregates: subqueries vs. GROUP BY
Alex Bolenok

I have a table users and there is a field invited_by_id showing user id of the person who invited this user. I need to make a MySQL query returning rows with all the fields from users plus a invites_count field showing how many people were invited by each user.

Read the PlanetMySQL Blog:
http://explainextended.com/2010/01/30/aggregates-subqueries-vs-group-by/

PlanetMySQL Blog: innodb_file_per_table, shrinking table spaces and the data dictionary
Dathan Pattishall

INNODB has some irritating gotchas that makes disk space management hard. In 2002ish INNODB, added innodb_file_per_table to get around allot of these issues, but it does not fix everything.

Read the PlanetMySQL Blogpost:
http://mysqldba.blogspot.com/2010/02/innodbfilepertable-shrinking-table.html

PlanetMySQL Blog: MySQL Replicant: Architecture
Mats Kindahl

In the previous post I described the first steps of a Python library for controlling the replication of large installations. The intention of the library is to provide a uniform interface to such installations and that will allow procedures for handling various situations to be written in a uniform language.

Read the PlanetMySQL Blogpost:
http://mysqlmusings.blogspot.com/2010/02/mysql-replicant-library-class-design-in.html

PlanetMySQL Blog: Configuring the InnoDB Plugin (1.0.6) in MySQL 5.1.43
George Trujillo

Configuring the InnoDB Plugin (1.0.6) is just as easy in the MySQL 5.1.43 release. There are a few subtle changes in the new release.

Read the PlanetMySQL Blogpost:
http://mysql-dba-journey.blogspot.com/2010/02/configuring-innodb-plugin-106-in-mysql.html

PlanetMySQL Blog: Further Thoughts on MySQL Upgrades
Simon Mudd

I have been upgrading more MySQL database instances recently and have found a few more potential gotchas, which if you are not careful, can potentially be rather nasty. These are not documented explicitly by MySQL, so it may be handy for you to know if you have not come across this type of thing before.

Read the PlanetMySQL Blogpost:
http://blog.wl0.org/2010/01/further-thoughts-on-mysql-upgrades/

PlanetMySQL Blog: What is CHECK TABLE doing with InnoDB tables?
Oli Sennhauser

Recently we had a case where a customer got some corrupted blocks in his InnoDB tables. His largest tables where quite big, about 30 to 100 Gbyte. Why he got this corrupted blocks we did not find out yet (disk broken?).

Read the PlanetMySQL Blogpost:
http://shinguz.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-is-check-table-doing-with-innodb.html

PlanetMySQL Blog: mysql's --xml and some XSLT
Scott Noyes

Somebody asked in Freenode the other day how to get their data out of MySQL into a specific XML format.

Read the PlanetMySQL Blogpost:
http://thenoyes.com/littlenoise/?p=99

PlanetMySQL Blog: MySQL Cluster Uses

MySQL Cluster can be used as a general purpose transactional storage engine, but if you convert all your InnoDB tables to it and connect your application straight to it you may not see the performance you were hoping for.

Read the PlanetMySQL Blog:
http://blogs.sun.com/LinuxJedi/entry/mysql_cluster_uses

PlanetMySQL Blog: MySQL Cluster Start Phases

When MySQL Cluster data nodes start they need to go through a process of determining roles in the cluster, copying the data back into RAM and synchronising everything up. This can take longer than expected and the process is not always very verbose. So in this post I will outline a simplified version of what MySQL Cluster is doing in each start phase so that you can see why it can take time.

Read the PlanetMySQL Blog:
http://blogs.sun.com/LinuxJedi/entry/mysql_cluster_start_phases

PlanetMySQL Blog: How MySQL Cluster BLOBs work

If there is one thing that confuses people about tables in MySQL Cluster (including me at times) it is BLOB/TEXT columns. When NDB was originally created it was not designed to handle BLOB data, so the handling of BLOB data was difficult to implement and is sometimes not exactly what users expect.

Read the PlanetMySQL Blog:
http://blogs.sun.com/LinuxJedi/entry/blobs_in_mysql_cluster

PlanetMySQL Blog: How to Prevent Global Check Point Stops in MySQL Cluster

One of the most common errors we come across whilst supporting MySQL Cluster is an error commonly referred to as 'GCP stop'. These errors will occur most frequently in cluster setups which have high activity and more often than not use disk data. So lets look into what these are, why they happen and how to prevent them.

Read the PlanetMySQL Blog:
http://blogs.sun.com/LinuxJedi/entry/mysql_cluster_gcp_stop

PlanetMySQL Blog: Gearman meets MySQL Cluster (NDBAPI)
Johan Andersson

After a discussion with my colleague Stephane Varoqui we decided to see how Gearman and the NDBAPI could be used together.

Read the PlanetMySQL Blog:
http://johanandersson.blogspot.com/2010/01/gearman-meets-mysql-cluster-ndbapi_20.html

PlanetMySQL Blog: MySQL Cluster Disk Data Tables
Andrew Hutchings

MySQL Cluster is well known as an in-memory database which can be restrictive (a server typically has a RAM limit) so it may surprise some to learn that you can also store MySQL Cluster data on disk. Disk Data Tables have been in MySQL Cluster for quite a while, the first GA release with them included was 6.2. They do have caveats which I will describe here, many of which already have plans to be improved in future versions.

Read the PlanetMySQL Blog:
http://blogs.sun.com/LinuxJedi/entry/mysql_cluster_disk_data_tables

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Events

Live Webinar: MySQL Cluster Connector/Java: Technology Introduction & Getting Started, Part 2
Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Designed for Java developers, the MySQL Cluster Connector for Java implements an easy-to-use and high performance native Java interface and OpenJPA plug-in that maps Java classes to tables stored in the high availability, real-time MySQL Cluster database. Tune into Part 2 of this 2-part webinar series where Sun's senior engineering staff will discuss how to integrate the MySQL Cluster Connector for Java into existing applications.

Live Webinar: MySQL Cluster on Windows - EMEA
Friday March 5, 10:00am CET

In this presentation we will explore the benefits of leveraging MySQL Cluster on Windows. We will also cover step by step, how to get started with installing, configuring, and running MySQL Cluster on Windows. Finally, a review of MySQL Cluster's architecture will be covered. If you are interested in learning how to leverage MySQL Cluster on Windows, this webinar is for you.

Live Webinar: Performance Part 2: How to Boost Performance with MySQL 5.1 and the new InnoDB Plugin
Tuesday March 9, 10:00am PST

Looking for immediate performance and scalability gains for your MySQL application? Then join us for Part 2 of our "Boosting Performance" webinar series where MySQL Professional Services experts will walk you through best practices for achieving performance and scalability improvements using MySQL 5.1 and the new InnoDB Plugin. We will cover which plugin features to enable, and review specific use cases, tuning, and benchmarking best practices to help you maximize results.

Live Webinar: Migrating from SQL Server to MySQL - EMEA
Thursday, March 11, 15:00 CET

In this presentation we will explore the benefits of migrating from Microsoft SQL Server to MySQL. We will also cover migration best practices, as well as, an overview of migration tools, scripts, datatype mapping and functional equivalents. If you are interested in learning how to migrate from SQL Server to MySQL, this webinar is for you.

Windows and MySQL - Part 12: Advanced MySQL Replication on Windows
Tuesday, March 16, 10:00am PST

In this presentation we will build of the previous presentation and look at more advanced MySQL Replication techniques. We will cover master-master configurations, semi-synchronous replication, fail-over and resynchronization. If you are interested in learning about advanced MySQL Replication on Windows, this webinar is for you.

Achieving Peak Application Performance with MySQL Embedded Server
Wednesday, March 17, 10:00am PST

MySQL expert and trainer, Sarah Sproehnle, will discuss the major MySQL design decisions that can affect the performance of your application and with it, your customers' experience and satisfaction. Sarah will show you how to achieve top performance with MySQL Embedded Server, covering the following topics:

- Choose the right storage engine(s)
- Identify critical performance-related server settings
- Understand and properly use indexes
- Using EXPLAIN to verify query execution plans
- How to identify performance problems

Running MySQL Securely on Windows - EMEA
Thursday, March 18, 2010, 15:00 CET

In this presentation we will demonstrate how to install and configure MySQL to run securely on Windows. We will explain how MySQL's internal security model, authentication and privileges model works. We will also look at how to secure network access to MySQL and look how to thwart common attacks on MySQL. If you are interested in learning how to run MySQL securely on Windows, this webinar is for you.

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Linux Time Line

“Ready? Here we go:
August 1991

“Hello everybody out there using minix – I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I’d like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons) among other things).I’ve currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work. This implies that I’ll get something practical within a few months, and I’d like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions are welcome, but I won’t promise I’ll implement them Linus (PS. Yes – it’s free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs. It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that’s all I have .”
September 1991

Linux version 0.01 is released and put on the Net.
April 1992

The first Linux newsgroup, comp.os.linux, is proposed and started by Ari Lemmke.
October 1992

Peter MacDonald announces SLS, the first standalone Linux install. At least 10MB of space on disk was recommended.
June 1993

Slackware, by Patrick Volkerding, becomes the first commercial standalone distribution and quickly becomes popular within the Linux community.
August 1993

Matt Welsh’s Linux Installation and Getting Started, version 1 is released. This is the first book on Linux.
March 1994

The first issue of Linux Journal is published. This issue featured an interview with Linus Torvalds and articles written by Phil Hughes, Robert “Bob” Young, Michael K. Johnson, Arnold Robbins, Matt Welsh, Ian A. Murdock, Frank B. Brokken, K. Kubat, Micahel Kraehe and Bernie Thompson. Advertisers in the premier issue include Algorithms Inc., Amtec Engineering, Basmark, Fintronic (later became VA Research, VA Linux Systems, then…), Infomagic, Prime Time Freeware, Promox, Signum Support, SSC, Trans Ameritech, USENIX, Windsor Tech and Yggdrasil.

Linux 1.0 is released.
June 1994

While at a conference in New Orleans, Jon “maddog” Hall persuades Linus to port Linux to DEC’s 64-bit Alpha computer processor chip. Less than two weeks later, maddog had also persuaded DEC to fund the project. An Alpha workstation was immediately sent to Linus. “Digital [DEC] and the Linux community formed the first truly successful venture of suits and Linux geeks working together”, said maddog.

Linux International, a nonprofit vendor organization, is founded by Jon “maddog” Hall. Linux International goes on to become a major contributor to the success of Linux, helping corporations and others work toward the promotion of the Linux operating system.
August 1994

Linux trademark dispute: is Linux trademarked? William R. Della Croce, Jr. files for the trademark “Linux” on August 15, 1994, and it is registered in September. Della Croce has no known involvement in the Linux community yet sends letters out to prominent Linux companies demanding money for use of the trademark “Linux”. A lawsuit is filed in 1996 against Della Croce. Plaintiffs in the suit include Linus Torvalds; Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc. (publishers of Linux Journal); Yggdrasil Computing, Inc.; Linux International; and WorkGroup Solutions (also known as LinuxMall). The plaintiffs prevail, and in 1997 announce the matter as settled by the assignment of the mark to Linus Torvalds on behalf of all Petitioners and Linux users.
September 1994

Linux is first mentioned in the mainstream press. Wired magazine features an article titled “Kernel Kid”, by Seth Rosenthal. He writes: “So, is Linus going to become the Bill Gates of Finland? Maybe not. He claims to be ‘by no means a good student’ and is in no hurry to graduate since ‘Linux has taken a lot of time from my studies, and I like the work I have at the University which keeps me alive.”’

Randolph Bentson reports on the world’s first vendor-supported Linux device driver in Linux Journal. Cyclades gave him a multiport serial card in exchange for developing a Linux driver for it.
December 1994

A major tradeshow and conference take notice of Linux. Open Systems World features a Linux track, hosted by Linux Journal. Two days of seminars include Eric Youngdale, Donald Becker, Dirk Hohndel, Phil Hughes, Michael K. Johnson and David Wexelblat as speakers.
April 1995

Linux Expo, the first Linux-specific tradeshow and conference series, launches, thanks to the folks at North Carolina State University and in particular, Donnie Barnes. Speakers include Marc Ewing, Rik Faith and Michael K. Johnson, among others. Linux Expo snowballs and becomes the most popular and well-attended annual Linux show for the next several years (after three years Red Hat takes over organization and becomes the major sponsor). The price for entry into the exhibit hall and a pass to the conferences? $4.
January 1997

First “Linux virus” discovered. Called Bliss, it actually works on any UNIX-like OS and offers a helpful–“bliss-uninfect-files-please” command-line option. Alan Cox points out that Bliss “does not circumvent the security of the system, it relies on people with privilege to do something dumb” and reminds users to install digitally signed software from trustworthy sites only and to check signatures before installing.

“In fact it’s probably easier to write a virus for Linux because it’s open source and the code is available. So we will be seeing more Linux viruses as the OS becomes more common and popular.”–Wishful thinking from McAfee
January 1998

Linux Weekly News begins publication with Jonathan Corbet and Elizabeth Coolbaugh as founders. The very first issue, dated January 22, was just a tiny hint of what LWN was to become.

Netscape announces that they will release the source to their browser under a free software license. This almost certainly remains one of the most important events of the year; it opened a lot of eyes to what Linux and free software could provide.

Red Hat Advanced Development Labs (RHAD) is founded. It has since become one of the higher-profile places where people are paid to develop free software and an important component of the GNOME Project. RHAD is able to attract developers like “Rasterman” (although only for a short time) and Federico Mena-Quintero.
February 1998

The Cobalt Qube is announced and immediately becomes a favorite in the trade press due to its high performance, low price and cute form factor. Cobalt’s Linux engineering is done by none other than David Miller, the source of much that is good in the Linux kernel.

The Linux user community wins InfoWorld’s technical support award; Red Hat 5.0 also won their Operating System award. But it was the tech support award that truly opened some eyes; everybody had been saying that Linux had no support. This was the beginning of the end of the “no support” argument.

Eric Raymond and friends come up with the term “open source”. They apply for trademark status and put up the opensource.org web site. Thus begins the formal effort to push Linux for corporate use.
March 1998

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader asks the large PC vendors (Dell, Gateway, Micron, etc.) to offer non-Microsoft systems, including systems with Linux installed.
April 1998

Linux is covered by the US National Public Radio news, marking one of its first appearances in the mainstream, nontechnical press.

O’Reilly holds the “first ever” Free Software Summit, featuring Larry Wall, Brian Behlendorf, Linus Torvalds, Guido van Rossum, Eric Allman, Phil Zimmermann, Eric Raymond and Paul Vixie.
May 1998

The Google search engine pops up. Not only is it one of the best search engines around, but it’s based on Linux and features a Linux-specific search page.

Big databases start to arrive. Support for Linux is announced by Computer Associates for their Ingres system and by Ardent Software for their O2 object database.
June 1998

“Like a lot of products that are free, you get a loyal following even though it’s small. I’ve never had a customer mention Linux to me.”–Bill Gates, PC Week, June 25, 1998

“…these operating systems will not find widespread use in mainstream commercial applications in the next three years, nor will there be broad third-party application support.”–The Gartner Group says there is little hope for free software.

A Datapro study comes out showing that Linux has the highest user satisfaction of any system; it also shows Linux to be the only system other than Microsoft Windows NT that is increasing its market share.

IBM announces that it will distribute and support the Apache web server after working a deal with the Apache team.
July 1998

The desktop wars rage as KDE and GNOME advocates hurl flames at each other. Linus gets in on the act, saying that KDE is okay with him. In this context, KDE 1.0 is released. The first stable release of the K Desktop Environment proves to be popular, despite the complaints from those who do not like the licensing of the Qt library.

Informix quietly releases software for Linux. Meanwhile, Oracle beats Informix to the punch PR-wise and makes a Linux-friendly announcement first, suggesting that they would soon be supporting Linux. Oracle promises to make a trial version available by the end of 1998, a deadline they beat by months. This, seemingly, was one of the acid tests for the potential of long-term success for Linux; a great deal of attention resulted from both Informix’s and Oracle’s announcements.

Informix announces support for Linux effectively moments after Oracle does so. Sybase later announces their support for Linux also.

Linus appears on the cover of Forbes magazine. A lengthy story presents Linux in a highly positive manner and brings the system to the attention of many who had never heard of it before. Linux begins to become a household word.
September 1998

LinuxToday.com is launched by Dave Whitinger and Dwight Johnson. The site, later acquired by Internet.com, arguably becomes the most well-read and visited Linux portal of all time.

Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer admits that they are “worried” about free software and suggests that some of the Windows NT source code may be made available to developers. The same month Microsoft goes on to list Linux as a competitive threat in its annual SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) filing. Speculation abounds that their real purpose is to influence the upcoming antitrust trial.
October 1998

“For the moment, however, the company from Redmond, Washington, seems almost grateful for the rising profile of Linux, seeing it as an easy way of demonstrating that Windows is not a monopoly, ahead of its antitrust trial, scheduled to begin on October 15. That may be short-sighted. In the long run, Linux and other open-source programs could cause Mr. Gates much grief.”–The Economist, October 3, 1998

Intel and Netscape (and two venture capital firms) announce minority investments in Red Hat Software. The money is to be used to build an “enterprise support division” within Red Hat. An unbelievable amount of press is generated by this event, which is seen as a big-business endorsement of Linux.

Corel announces that WordPerfect 8 for Linux will be downloadable for free for “personal use”. They also announce a partnership with Red Hat to supply Linux for the Netwinder.
October 1998

A confidential Microsoft memorandum on Redmond’s strategy against Linux and Open Source software was leaked to Eric S. Raymond. Raymond, with his own added commentary, releases the memorandum to the national press over Halloween Weekend. Because of all of the press surrounding the story, Microsoft was forced to acknowledge the now-infamous Halloween Document’s authenticity. This was the first time the public heard Microsoft admit Linux was becoming stiff competition.
December 1998

A report from IDC says that Linux shipments rose by more than 200% in 1998, and its market share rose by more than 150%. Linux has a 17% market share and a growth rate unmatched by any other system on the market.
January 1999

“Microsoft Corp. will shout it out to the world when Windows 2000 finally ships. Linux creator Linus Torvalds announced the arrival of the next generation of Linux, version 2.2, with a simple note to the Linux-kernel mailing list.”–Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Sm@rt Reseller

Samba 2.0 is released. It contains a reverse-engineered implementation of the Microsoft domain controller protocols, allowing Linux servers to provide complete services to Windows networks.

Hewlett-Packard and Compaq announce plans to offer Linux-based systems. Later, Dell also announces plans to begin selling Linux-installed systems. SGI contents itself with providing information on how to bring up Linux on its systems.

Loki Entertainment Software announces that it will port Civilization: Call to Power to Linux.
February 1999

Linux and BSD users unite for “Windows Refund Day”. They visit Microsoft, hoping to return the unused Windows licenses that they were forced to acquire when they purchased a computer system bundled with the OS.
March 1999

“Like a Russian revolutionary erased from a photograph, he is being written out of history. Stallman is the originator of the Free Software movement and the GNU/Linux operating system. But you wouldn’t know it from reading about LinuxWorld (Expo). Linus Torvalds got all the ink.”–Leander Kahney, Wired magazine, March 1999

The first LinuxWorld Conference and Expo is held in San Jose, California. As the first big commercial “tradeshow” event for Linux, it serves notice to the world that Linux has arrived; 12,000 people are said to have attended.

Linux Magazine debuts, bringing some additional competition to the Linux print business. Later, other magazines rise and fall including Open, Journal of Linux Technology (JOLT) and Maximum Linux.

VA Research buys the Linux.com domain for $1,000,000 and announces plans to turn it into a Linux portal. Microsoft’s rumored bid for the domain is frustrated.
April 1999

“…please imagine what it is like to see an idealistic project stymied and made ineffective because people don’t usually give it the credit for what it has done. If you’re an idealist like me, that can ruin your whole decade.”–Richard Stallman on GNU/Linux

Al Gore’s presidential campaign web site claims to be open source. That claim is gone, but the site still claims: “In the spirit of the Open Source movement, we have established the Gore 2000 Volunteer Source Code Project; www.algore2000.com is an ‘open site’.”

HP announces 24/7 support services for the Caldera, Turbolinux, Red Hat and SuSE distributions. They also release OpenMail for Linux.

The Linux FreeS/WAN Project releases a free IPSec implementation, allowing Linux to function as a VPN gateway using what is now the industry standard.

“But the mere fact that there is now an official SEC document that includes the text of the GPL serves as fairly astonishing proof that the rules of the software business really are being rewritten.”–Andrew Leonard, Salon
May 1999

“Those two little words–open source–have become a magical incantation, like portal in 1998 or push in 1997. Just whisper them and all will be yours: media attention, consumer interest and, of course, venture capital.”–Andrew Leonard, Wired
August 1999

First Intel IA-64 “Merced” silicon. Although Intel had given simulators to several OS vendors, Linux is the only OS to run on the new architecture on its first day. The Register headline: “Merced silicon happens: Linux runs, NT doesn’t”.

SGI announces the 1400L–a Linux-based server system. SGI also announces a partnership with Red Hat and begins contributing to kernel development in a big way.

Red Hat’s initial public offering happens; a last-minute repricing helps to create difficulties for people participating in the community offering. The stock price immediately rises to $50; a value that seems high at the time.

“For the umpteenth time, someone paved paradise, put up a parking lot. For the thousands of Linux coders who’ve built the utopian open-source movement–offering free help to create a free operating system–the IPO of Red Hat Software was a sure sign of Wall Street cutting the ribbon on the new Linux mall.”–The Industry Standard

Motorola jumps into Linux announcements of embedded systems products, support and training services, and a partnership with Lineo.

Sun acquires StarDivision; it announces plans to release StarOffice under the Sun Community Source License and to make a web-enabled version of the office suite.
September 1999

“’Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp. in Burlington, New Jersey is spending $1 million or so to buy 1,250 Linux-equipped PCs from Dell, but it won’t pay Red Hat a dime for support’, says Michael Prince, chief information officer. ‘I suppose Red Hat’s business model makes sense to somebody, but it makes no sense to us’, he says.”–Daniel Lyons, Forbes, May 31, 1999. Then in September, Burlington ended up purchasing support from Red Hat.

The first big Linux stock rush happens. Shares in Applix more than double in volume, reaching nearly 27 million shares–three times the 9 million shares that are actually on the market.

SCO trashes Linux in a brochure distributed in Northern Europe: “Linux at this moment can be considered more a plaything for IT students rather than a serious operating system in which to place the functioning, security and future of a business. Because Linux is basically a free-for-all it means that no individual person/company is accountable should anything go wrong, plus there is no way to predict which way Linux will evolve.”

Stock in Red Hat hits $135/share. The price seems unbelievably high at the time.
October 1999

Sun Microsystems announces that it will release the source to Solaris under the Sun Community Source License. The actual release drew criticism: “In a move aimed at Linux, Sun said it will announce Wednesday that it is making the source code for its new Solaris 8 operating system ‘open’. Webster’s has lots of definitions for the word, including ‘not sealed, fastened, or locked’. But when you dig into the details of Sun’s announcement, you’ll find that what it is offering doesn’t come close to meeting the dictionary’s definition, let alone that of the Open Source movement.”–Lawrence Aragon, Redherring.com, January 26, 2000
November 1999

“…if there’s one thing about Linux users, they’re do-ers, not whiners.”–Andy Patrizio,

Red Hat buys Cygnus for almost $700 million in stock. Rumors of other acquisitions by Red Hat begin to circulate and show no signs of stopping.
December 1999

VA Linux Systems goes public after two repricings (originally priced at $11-$13/share). The final IPO price is $30/share; that price rises immediately to $300 before closing around $250. It sets the record for the biggest IPO rise in the history of the NASDAQ.

“Gee. Remember when the big question was ‘How do we make money at this?”’–Eric Raymond”linuxjournal.com

Backup MySQL Database to a file

“Backing up your database is a very important system administration task, and should generally be run from a cron job at scheduled intervals. We will use the mysqldump utility included with mysql to dump the contents of the database to a text file that can be easily re-imported.

Syntax:

mysqldump -h localhost -u root -pmypassword databasename > dumpfile.sql

Example:

mysqldump -h localhost -u root -p2Uad7as9 database01 > dumpfile.sql

This will give you a text file containing all the commands required to recreate the database.”howtogeek.com

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Syntax:
 mysqldump -h localhost -u root -pmypassword databasename > dumpfile.sql
Example:
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August 1991
“Hello everybody out there using minix – I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I’d like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons) among other things).I’ve currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work. This implies that I’ll get something practical within a few months, and I’d like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions are welcome, but I won’t promise I’ll implement them <img src='http://lpilinux.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> Linus (PS. Yes – it’s free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs. It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably
never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that’s all I have <img src='http://lpilinux.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':-(' class='wp-smiley' /> .” 
September 1991
Linux version 0.01 is released and put on the Net. 
April 1992
The first Linux newsgroup, comp.os.linux, is proposed and started by Ari Lemmke. 
October 1992
Peter MacDonald announces SLS, the first standalone Linux install. At least 10MB of space on disk was recommended. 
June 1993
Slackware, by Patrick Volkerding, becomes the first commercial standalone distribution and quickly becomes popular within the Linux community. 
August 1993
Matt Welsh’s Linux Installation and Getting Started, version 1 is released. This is the first book on Linux. 
March 1994
The first issue of Linux Journal is published. This issue featured an interview with Linus Torvalds and articles written by Phil Hughes, Robert “Bob” Young, Michael K. Johnson, Arnold Robbins, Matt Welsh, Ian A. Murdock, Frank B. Brokken, K. Kubat, Micahel Kraehe and Bernie Thompson. Advertisers in the premier issue include Algorithms Inc., Amtec Engineering, Basmark, Fintronic (later became VA Research, VA Linux Systems, then…), Infomagic, Prime Time Freeware, Promox, Signum Support, SSC, Trans Ameritech, USENIX, Windsor Tech and Yggdrasil.
Linux 1.0 is released. 
June 1994
While at a conference in New Orleans, Jon “maddog” Hall persuades Linus to port Linux to DEC’s 64-bit Alpha computer processor chip. Less than two weeks later, maddog had also persuaded DEC to fund the project. An Alpha workstation was immediately sent to Linus. “Digital [DEC] and the Linux community formed the first truly successful venture of suits and Linux geeks working together”, said maddog.
Linux International, a nonprofit vendor organization, is founded by Jon “maddog” Hall. Linux International goes on to become a major contributor to the success of Linux, helping corporations and others work toward the promotion of the Linux operating system. 
August 1994
Linux trademark dispute: is Linux trademarked? William R. Della Croce, Jr. files for the trademark “Linux” on August 15, 1994, and it is registered in September. Della Croce has no known involvement in the Linux community yet sends letters out to prominent Linux companies demanding money for use of the trademark “Linux”. A lawsuit is filed in 1996 against Della Croce. Plaintiffs in the suit include Linus Torvalds; Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc. (publishers of Linux Journal); Yggdrasil Computing, Inc.; Linux International; and WorkGroup Solutions (also known as LinuxMall). The plaintiffs prevail, and in 1997 announce the matter as settled by the assignment of the mark to Linus Torvalds on behalf of all Petitioners and Linux users. 
September 1994
Linux is first mentioned in the mainstream press. Wired magazine features an article titled “Kernel Kid”, by Seth Rosenthal. He writes: “So, is Linus going to become the Bill Gates of Finland? Maybe not. He claims to be ‘by no means a good student’ and is in no hurry to graduate since ‘Linux has taken a lot of time from my studies, and I like the work I have at the University which keeps me alive.”’
Randolph Bentson reports on the world’s first vendor-supported Linux device driver in Linux Journal. Cyclades gave him a multiport serial card in exchange for developing a Linux driver for it. 
December 1994
A major tradeshow and conference take notice of Linux. Open Systems World features a Linux track, hosted by Linux Journal. Two days of seminars include Eric Youngdale, Donald Becker, Dirk Hohndel, Phil Hughes, Michael K. Johnson and David Wexelblat as speakers. 
April 1995
Linux Expo, the first Linux-specific tradeshow and conference series, launches, thanks to the folks at North Carolina State University and in particular, Donnie Barnes. Speakers include Marc Ewing, Rik Faith and Michael K. Johnson, among others. Linux Expo snowballs and becomes the most popular and well-attended annual Linux show for the next several years (after three years Red Hat takes over organization and becomes the major sponsor). The price for entry into the exhibit hall and a pass to the conferences? $4. 
January 1997
First “Linux virus” discovered. Called Bliss, it actually works on any UNIX-like OS and offers a helpful–“bliss-uninfect-files-please” command-line option. Alan Cox points out that Bliss “does not circumvent the security of the system, it relies on people with privilege to do something dumb” and reminds users to install digitally signed software from trustworthy sites only and to check signatures before installing.
“In fact it’s probably easier to write a virus for Linux because it’s open source and the code is available. So we will be seeing more Linux viruses as the OS becomes more common and popular.”–Wishful thinking from McAfee 
January 1998
Linux Weekly News begins publication with Jonathan Corbet and Elizabeth Coolbaugh as founders. The very first issue, dated January 22, was just a tiny hint of what LWN was to become.
Netscape announces that they will release the source to their browser under a free software license. This almost certainly remains one of the most important events of the year; it opened a lot of eyes to what Linux and free software could provide.
Red Hat Advanced Development Labs (RHAD) is founded. It has since become one of the higher-profile places where people are paid to develop free software and an important component of the GNOME Project. RHAD is able to attract developers like “Rasterman” (although only for a short time) and Federico Mena-Quintero. 
February 1998
The Cobalt Qube is announced and immediately becomes a favorite in the trade press due to its high performance, low price and cute form factor. Cobalt’s Linux engineering is done by none other than David Miller, the source of much that is good in the Linux kernel.
The Linux user community wins InfoWorld’s technical support award; Red Hat 5.0 also won their Operating System award. But it was the tech support award that truly opened some eyes; everybody had been saying that Linux had no support. This was the beginning of the end of the “no support” argument.
Eric Raymond and friends come up with the term “open source”. They apply for trademark status and put up the opensource.org web site. Thus begins the formal effort to push Linux for corporate use. 
March 1998
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader asks the large PC vendors (Dell, Gateway, Micron, etc.) to offer non-Microsoft systems, including systems with Linux installed. 
April 1998
Linux is covered by the US National Public Radio news, marking one of its first appearances in the mainstream, nontechnical press.
O’Reilly holds the “first ever” Free Software Summit, featuring Larry Wall, Brian Behlendorf, Linus Torvalds, Guido van Rossum, Eric Allman, Phil Zimmermann, Eric Raymond and Paul Vixie. 
May 1998
The Google search engine pops up. Not only is it one of the best search engines around, but it’s based on Linux and features a Linux-specific search page.
Big databases start to arrive. Support for Linux is announced by Computer Associates for their Ingres system and by Ardent Software for their O2 object database. 
June 1998
“Like a lot of products that are free, you get a loyal following even though it’s small. I’ve never had a customer mention Linux to me.”–Bill Gates, PC Week, June 25, 1998
“…these operating systems will not find widespread use in mainstream commercial applications in the next three years, nor will there be broad third-party application support.”–The Gartner Group says there is little hope for free software.
A Datapro study comes out showing that Linux has the highest user satisfaction of any system; it also shows Linux to be the only system other than Microsoft Windows NT that is increasing its market share.
IBM announces that it will distribute and support the Apache web server after working a deal with the Apache team. 
July 1998
The desktop wars rage as KDE and GNOME advocates hurl flames at each other. Linus gets in on the act, saying that KDE is okay with him. In this context, KDE 1.0 is released. The first stable release of the K Desktop Environment proves to be popular, despite the complaints from those who do not like the licensing of the Qt library.
Informix quietly releases software for Linux. Meanwhile, Oracle beats Informix to the punch PR-wise and makes a Linux-friendly announcement first, suggesting that they would soon be supporting Linux. Oracle promises to make a trial version available by the end of 1998, a deadline they beat by months. This, seemingly, was one of the acid tests for the potential of long-term success for Linux; a great deal of attention resulted from both Informix’s and Oracle’s announcements.
Informix announces support for Linux effectively moments after Oracle does so. Sybase later announces their support for Linux also.
Linus appears on the cover of Forbes magazine. A lengthy story presents Linux in a highly positive manner and brings the system to the attention of many who had never heard of it before. Linux begins to become a household word. 
September 1998
LinuxToday.com is launched by Dave Whitinger and Dwight Johnson. The site, later acquired by Internet.com, arguably becomes the most well-read and visited Linux portal of all time.
Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer admits that they are “worried” about free software and suggests that some of the Windows NT source code may be made available to developers. The same month Microsoft goes on to list Linux as a competitive threat in its annual SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) filing. Speculation abounds that their real purpose is to influence the upcoming antitrust trial. 
October 1998
“For the moment, however, the company from Redmond, Washington, seems almost grateful for the rising profile of Linux, seeing it as an easy way of demonstrating that Windows is not a monopoly, ahead of its antitrust trial, scheduled to begin on October 15. That may be short-sighted. In the long run, Linux and other open-source programs could cause Mr. Gates much grief.”–The Economist, October 3, 1998
Intel and Netscape (and two venture capital firms) announce minority investments in Red Hat Software. The money is to be used to build an “enterprise support division” within Red Hat. An unbelievable amount of press is generated by this event, which is seen as a big-business endorsement of Linux.
Corel announces that WordPerfect 8 for Linux will be downloadable for free for “personal use”. They also announce a partnership with Red Hat to supply Linux for the Netwinder. 
October 1998
A confidential Microsoft memorandum on Redmond’s strategy against Linux and Open Source software was leaked to Eric S. Raymond. Raymond, with his own added commentary, releases the memorandum to the national press over Halloween Weekend. Because of all of the press surrounding the story, Microsoft was forced to acknowledge the now-infamous Halloween Document’s authenticity. This was the first time the public heard Microsoft admit Linux was becoming stiff competition. 
December 1998
A report from IDC says that Linux shipments rose by more than 200% in 1998, and its market share rose by more than 150%. Linux has a 17% market share and a growth rate unmatched by any other system on the market. 
January 1999
“Microsoft Corp. will shout it out to the world when Windows 2000 finally ships. Linux creator Linus Torvalds announced the arrival of the next generation of Linux, version 2.2, with a simple note to the Linux-kernel mailing list.”–Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Sm@rt Reseller
Samba 2.0 is released. It contains a reverse-engineered implementation of the Microsoft domain controller protocols, allowing Linux servers to provide complete services to Windows networks.
Hewlett-Packard and Compaq announce plans to offer Linux-based systems. Later, Dell also announces plans to begin selling Linux-installed systems. SGI contents itself with providing information on how to bring up Linux on its systems.
Loki Entertainment Software announces that it will port Civilization: Call to Power to Linux. 
February 1999
Linux and BSD users unite for “Windows Refund Day”. They visit Microsoft, hoping to return the unused Windows licenses that they were forced to acquire when they purchased a computer system bundled with the OS. 
March 1999
“Like a Russian revolutionary erased from a photograph, he is being written out of history. Stallman is the originator of the Free Software movement and the GNU/Linux operating system. But you wouldn’t know it from reading about LinuxWorld (Expo). Linus Torvalds got all the ink.”–Leander Kahney, Wired magazine, March 1999
The first LinuxWorld Conference and Expo is held in San Jose, California. As the first big commercial “tradeshow” event for Linux, it serves notice to the world that Linux has arrived; 12,000 people are said to have attended.
Linux Magazine debuts, bringing some additional competition to the Linux print business. Later, other magazines rise and fall including Open, Journal of Linux Technology (JOLT) and Maximum Linux.
VA Research buys the Linux.com domain for $1,000,000 and announces plans to turn it into a Linux portal. Microsoft’s rumored bid for the domain is frustrated. 
April 1999
“…please imagine what it is like to see an idealistic project stymied and made ineffective because people don’t usually give it the credit for what it has done. If you’re an idealist like me, that can ruin your whole decade.”–Richard Stallman on GNU/Linux
Al Gore’s presidential campaign web site claims to be open source. That claim is gone, but the site still claims: “In the spirit of the Open Source movement, we have established the Gore 2000 Volunteer Source Code Project; www.algore2000.com is an ‘open site’.”
HP announces 24/7 support services for the Caldera, Turbolinux, Red Hat and SuSE distributions. They also release OpenMail for Linux.
The Linux FreeS/WAN Project releases a free IPSec implementation, allowing Linux to function as a VPN gateway using what is now the industry standard.
“But the mere fact that there is now an official SEC document that includes the text of the GPL serves as fairly astonishing proof that the rules of the software business really are being rewritten.”–Andrew Leonard, Salon 
May 1999
“Those two little words–open source–have become a magical incantation, like portal in 1998 or push in 1997. Just whisper them and all will be yours: media attention, consumer interest and, of course, venture capital.”–Andrew Leonard, Wired 
August 1999
First Intel IA-64 “Merced” silicon. Although Intel had given simulators to several OS vendors, Linux is the only OS to run on the new architecture on its first day. The Register headline: “Merced silicon happens: Linux runs, NT doesn’t”.
SGI announces the 1400L–a Linux-based server system. SGI also announces a partnership with Red Hat and begins contributing to kernel development in a big way.
Red Hat’s initial public offering happens; a last-minute repricing helps to create difficulties for people participating in the community offering. The stock price immediately rises to $50; a value that seems high at the time.
“For the umpteenth time, someone paved paradise, put up a parking lot. For the thousands of Linux coders who’ve built the utopian open-source movement–offering free help to create a free operating system–the IPO of Red Hat Software was a sure sign of Wall Street cutting the ribbon on the new Linux mall.”–The Industry Standard
Motorola jumps into Linux announcements of embedded systems products, support and training services, and a partnership with Lineo.
Sun acquires StarDivision; it announces plans to release StarOffice under the Sun Community Source License and to make a web-enabled version of the office suite. 
September 1999
“’Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp. in Burlington, New Jersey is spending $1 million or so to buy 1,250 Linux-equipped PCs from Dell, but it won’t pay Red Hat a dime for support’, says Michael Prince, chief information officer. ‘I suppose Red Hat’s business model makes sense to somebody, but it makes no sense to us’, he says.”–Daniel Lyons, Forbes, May 31, 1999. Then in September, Burlington ended up purchasing support from Red Hat.
The first big Linux stock rush happens. Shares in Applix more than double in volume, reaching nearly 27 million shares–three times the 9 million shares that are actually on the market.
SCO trashes Linux in a brochure distributed in Northern Europe: “Linux at this moment can be considered more a plaything for IT students rather than a serious operating system in which to place the functioning, security and future of a business. Because Linux is basically a free-for-all it means that no individual person/company is accountable should anything go wrong, plus there is no way to predict which way Linux will evolve.”
Stock in Red Hat hits $135/share. The price seems unbelievably high at the time. 
October 1999
Sun Microsystems announces that it will release the source to Solaris under the Sun Community Source License. The actual release drew criticism: “In a move aimed at Linux, Sun said it will announce Wednesday that it is making the source code for its new Solaris 8 operating system ‘open’. Webster’s has lots of definitions for the word, including ‘not sealed, fastened, or locked’. But when you dig into the details of Sun’s announcement, you’ll find that what it is offering doesn’t come close to meeting the dictionary’s definition, let alone that of the Open Source movement.”–Lawrence Aragon, Redherring.com, January 26, 2000 
November 1999
“…if there’s one thing about Linux users, they’re do-ers, not whiners.”–Andy Patrizio,
Red Hat buys Cygnus for almost $700 million in stock. Rumors of other acquisitions by Red Hat begin to circulate and show no signs of stopping. 
December 1999
VA Linux Systems goes public after two repricings (originally priced at $11-$13/share). The final IPO price is $30/share; that price rises immediately to $300 before closing around $250. It sets the record for the biggest IPO rise in the history of the NASDAQ.
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