MySQL AB

For the database, see MySQL.
MySQL AB
Company typePrivate company
IndustryComputer software
GenreDatabase software
Founded1995
FounderMichael Widenius, David Axmark and Allan Larsson
Defunct2008
FateAcquired by Sun Microsystems
SuccessorOracle Corporation
Headquarters
Uppsala, Sweden and Cupertino, California, U.S.
Key people
ProductsMySQL, MySQL Cluster
Number of employees
400
Websitewww.mysql.com

MySQL AB was a Swedish software company founded in 1995. It was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2008,[1] Sun was in turn acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2010. MySQL AB is the creator of MySQL, a relational database management system, as well as related products such as MySQL Cluster. The company was dually headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden, and Cupertino, California, with offices in other countries (France (Paris), Germany (Munich), Ireland (Dublin), Italy (Milan), and Japan (Tokyo)).

MySQL AB had 400 employees in 25 countries,[2] and Open-source model companies. Around 70% of the employees were remote workers.[3]

Together with Linux, Apache, and PHP, the MySQL Server forms one of the building blocks of the LAMP technology stack. The company claimed over 5 million MySQL installations and over 10 million product downloads in 2004.

  1. ^ "Múltiples noticias se refieren a la adquisición". Google Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2022.
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  3. ^ Hyatt, Josh (31 May 2006). "Fortune: MySQL: Workers in 25 countries with no HQ". Fortune. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010.