David Axmark
David Axmark | |
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David Axmark at the MySQL Users Conference, 2006 | |
Born |
Sweden | May 28, 1962
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. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- ↑ "MariaDB Foundation to Safeguard Leading Open Source Database". MariaDB Foundation. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
External links
- From Visions to Reality - an interview with David Axmark
- http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/orangehrm-closes-on-series-a-financing-147085.php