David Axmark
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Occupation | Co-Founder of MySQL AB |
David Axmark, born 28 May 1962 in Sweden, is one of the founders of MySQL AB and a developer of the free database server, MySQL. He has been involved with MySQL development from its beginning along with the fellow co-founder Michael Widenius. He studied at Uppsala University between 1980 and 1984 [1]
David has been involved with free software since 1980 and has said he is committed to developing a successful business model using free open source software. During early 2010 David made a Series A financing for OrangeHRM, "The World's Most Popular Open Source Human Resource Management Software". David is a director at OrangeHRM.[2]
On 4 December 2012, David Axmark, together with the other MySQL founders, Michael "Monty" Widenius and Allan Larsson, announced the MariaDB Foundation.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Doldisen som blev mångmiljonär" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ "MySQL AB Management Team". MySQL AB. Archived from the original on February 23, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- ^ "MariaDB Foundation to Safeguard Leading Open Source Database". MariaDB Foundation. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
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- Swedish computer programmers
- Free software programmers
- Living people
- 1962 births