MySQL AB

Type	Private
Founded	1995
Location	Uppsala, Sweden and Cupertino, California, USA
Key people	Marten Mickos, CEO Kevin Harvey, Chairman Mark C. Burton, EVP Sales Zack Urlocker, EVP Products
Industry	Computer software, IT Services
Products	MySQL Server, MaxDB by MySQL
Revenue	$12 million ( News.com, 2003 )
Employees	~220 (August 2005)
Website	www.mysql.com

MySQL AB (founded 1995) is dual headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden and Cupertino, California, USA. The company is the creator and owner of MySQL, a relational database management system. Image File history File links MySQL AB logotype File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Uppsala (older spelling Upsala) 59°51′ N 17°38′ E is a Swedish City in central Sweden, located about 70 km north of Stockholm. ... Official website: http://www. ... MÃ¥rten Mickos MÃ¥rten Gustaf Mickos (born November 6, 1962 in Esbo, Finland) is chief executive officer of MySQL AB. He has served as chief executive officer since January 2001. ... A screenshot of computer software in action. ... MySQL is a multithreaded, multi-user, SQL Database Management System (DBMS) with more than six million installations[citation needed]. MySQL AB makes MySQL available as free software under the GNU General Public License (GPL), but they also dual-license it under traditional proprietary licensing arrangements for cases where the intended... Currently known as MaxDB, SapDB is a database management system purchased by Sap (company) to act as the data repository for the SAP suite of applications. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in August August 31: Michael Sheard August 26: Lord Fitt August 24: Jack Slipper August 24: Maurice Cowling August 24: Dr. Tom Pashby August 23: Brock Peters August 22: Lord Lane August 21: Robert Moog August... This page as shown in the aol 9. ... Aktiebolag is the Swedish term for a corporation, i. ... Uppsala (older spelling Upsala) 59°51′ N 17°38′ E is a Swedish City in central Sweden, located about 70 km north of Stockholm. ... Cali Mill Plaza (Cupertino City Center) is located on the intersection of Stevens Creek and De Anza Boulevards where the village of Westwood was established. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq. ... MySQL is a multithreaded, multi-user, SQL Database Management System (DBMS) with more than six million installations[citation needed]. MySQL AB makes MySQL available as free software under the GNU General Public License (GPL), but they also dual-license it under traditional proprietary licensing arrangements for cases where the intended... A relational database management system (RDBMS) is a database management system (DBMS) that is based on the relational model as introduced by Edgar F. Codd. ...

With over 300 employees in over 25 countries (figures from January 2005), MySQL AB is one of the largest open source companies worldwide. Other known open source companies are Red Hat and JBoss Group. Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... Red Hat, Inc. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and conform with our NPOV policy, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Together with Linux, Apache and PHP/Perl/Python, MySQL forms one of the building blocks of the LAMP technology stack. The company claims a user base of over 5 million MySQL installations worldwide, and over 10 million product downloads in 2004. Linux (also known as GNU/Linux) is a computer operating system. ... Apache HTTP Server is a free software/open source HTTP web server for Unix-like systems (BSD, Linux, and UNIX systems), Microsoft Windows, Novell NetWare and other platforms. ... PHP is an open-source, reflective programming language used mainly for producing dynamic web content and server-side applications. ... Perl, also Practical Extraction and Report Language (a backronym, see below) is a dynamic procedural programming language designed by Larry Wall and first released in 1987. ... Python is an interpreted programming language created by Guido van Rossum in 1990. ... The acronym LAMP/L.A.M.P refers to a set of free software programs commonly used together to run dynamic Web sites or servers: Linux, the operating system; Apache, the Web server; MySQL, the database management system (or database server); Perl, PHP, and/or Python, scripting languages. ...

MySQL AB representatives are commonly cited as "champions" of what they claim to be a "second generation" of open source companies. The revenues of both first and second generation open source companies usually derive from selling support, consulting services and training for their products.

What generally distinguishes this "second generation" consisting of companies like MySQL AB and Trolltech from earlier "open source" business models is dual licensing: while the software may be made available under the provisions of some open source license, the software is in fact owned by the for-profit companies who seek to derive revenues from selling traditional software licenses. Trolltech (formerly known as Quasar Technologies) is a computer software company from Oslo, Norway. ...

For instance, MySQL AB makes MySQL available under the GPL at no charge, but sells it under other "more traditional" licenses to clients who do not find the GPL to be ideal for their purposes (e.g. - inclusion of MySQL AB technology in a closed-source product). The GNU logo Wikisource has original text related to this article: GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ...

History

• 1995 Company founded by Michael Widenius, David Axmark and Allan Larsson
• 2001 Marten Mickos elected CEO
• 2001 First-round financing by Scandinavian VCs
• 2003 Second-round financing by a group of investors headed by Benchmark Capital
• 2003 Partnership agreement concluded with SAP, acquiring the full commercial rights to MaxDB
• 2005 MySQL Network subscription service launched
• 2006 Third-round financing by Intel Capital, Red Hat, SAP Ventures, and others

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External links

• Company home page
• MySQL Network