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-This is MariaDB ColumnStore 1.1.0 Beta
-MariaDB ColumnStore 1.1.0Beta is the development version of MariaDB ColumnStore. 
+This is MariaDB ColumnStore 1.1.1 RC
+MariaDB ColumnStore 1.1.1 RC is the development version of MariaDB ColumnStore. 
 It is built by porting InfiniDB 4.6.7 on MariaDB 10.2 and adding entirely 
 new features not found anywhere else.
 
-MariaDB ColumnStore 1.1.0 is a Beta release. This is the first MariaDB 
+MariaDB ColumnStore 1.1.1 is a RC release. This is the first MariaDB 
 ColumnStore release, not all features planned for the MariaDB ColumnStore 1.0 
 series are included in this release.