The MonetDB team at CWI is pleased to announce the new "Nov2008" release of the MonetDB suite of programs. This is a feature release, involving, among other things, a change in the database format, so be sure to dump your databases before attempting an upgrade. More information on the new release is available at <https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=892621>. The sources and binaries are available at <http://monetdb.cwi.nl/projects/monetdb/Download/>. -- Sjoerd Mullender