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MySQL Newsletter User Conference and Expo Special

Introduction

  • Users Conference Special
    This month's MySQL Newsletter is MySQL Users Conference and Expo 2003 (UC2003) special. In this newsletter we will highlight some key items in the UC2003. Next newsletter, i.e. April MySQL Newsletter will again be normal newsletter. April Newsletter will be sent out on April 28th.
     
  • MySQL Users Conference and Expo 2003
    Come join the MySQL AB team, partners and friends at the first annual MySQL Users Conference & Expo, April 10-12 in San Jose, California!

    You can read more about the MySQL Users Conference and Expo 2003 at
    http://www.mysql.com/uc2003/ (http://www.mysql.com/uc2003/)
     
  • Sessions in six separate tracks
    The MySQL Users Conference & Expo is packed with sessions in six tracks:
    · Technical - A session that focuses on development issues.
    · Guru - Technical sessions given by key implementers from MySQL AB.
    · Business - Sessions that focuses on business and MySQL related issues.
    · Tutorial - Longer technical session with a highly practical focus.
    · General - A session of general interest.
    · MySQL Certification Testing

    Detailed sessions schedule can be found from
    http://www.mysql.com/events/uc2003/schedule.html (http://www.mysql.com/events/uc2003/schedule.html)
     
  • “Can’t Miss” sessions
    The “Can’t Miss” sessions include:
    · MySQL Stored Procedures Presented for First Time. MySQL stored procedures will presented for the first time publicly by the MySQL AB developer managing this important feature, Per Erik Martin.
    · "A Guided Tour of the MySQL Source Code," by Michael "Monty" Widenius, MySQL AB co-founder and CTO and MySQL’s Zak Greant.
    · "The Anatomy of the MySQL Query Optimizer," by Monty Widenius and Igor Babaev.
    · "MySQL Connector/J: Using MySQL from Java,” by Mark Matthews, MySQL AB developer, and creator of the popular MySQL JDBC driver, MM.MySQL.
    · Paul DuBois, well-known MySQL author, will deliver a tutorial on using MySQL with Ruby, the powerhouse Open Source scripting language.
    · Jeremy Zawodny, one of the world's most experienced MySQL users at Yahoo! Finance, will present tutorials on optimizing and replicating MySQL.
    · David Harper & Ed Zuiderwijk from the Welcome Trust Sanger Institute will share how MySQL was instrumental in a project for decoding the DNA of many organisms responsible for deadly human diseases such as malaria, leprosy, typhoid fever and sleeping sickness.
     
  • General Sessions
    General session highlights of the MySQL Users Conference include:
    · Sun Microsystems software group executive vice president, Jonathan Schwartz, will present the keynote address titled, "History Repeats Itself: What Linux Can Learn From the Unix Wars."
    · MySQL AB founders David Axmark and Monty Widenius will present the "State of the Dolphin" address.
    · MySQL AB CEO Mårten Mickos will share his ideas on the "State of MySQL AB".
    · User Panel: “Open Source in Government,” with representatives from The US Census Bureau, NASA, the state of Rhode Island and the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

    In total, the conference has over 50 sessions that cover a broad range of topics and skill levels. For a complete overview of the conference schedule, please visit: http://mysql.com/events/uc2003/techsessions.html
     
  • Expo Hall with MySQL Partners
    While sessions are in progress, the exhibit hall will feature some of MySQL’s top partners with leading MySQL-related products and strategies. Intel will show off their Itanium 2 processor that can support huge MySQL databases, Novell will demonstrate how MySQL integrates with their products, and Rackspace will show you how they support MySQL in their managed hosting service.
     
  • After-Hours Activities
    After the official program there will be unofficial program. These include:
    · Discussion Groups: In addition to the daytime sessions, evenings at the conference offer discussion group topics ranging from benchmarking to upcoming MySQL features for the enterprise.
    · Networking and Fun: Don’t miss the opening night reception party and a Friday night dinner extravaganza!

    This is a great opportunity to spend time interacting with the MySQL community at a beautiful hotel in San Jose, California. We hope to see you there!
     
  • How to register
    You can register at
    https://order.mysql.com/uc2003/

    If your company registers 4 people to the users conference, additional registrations are at a 50% discount.

     

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