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{{short description|Swedish computer expert & businessman (born 1962)}}
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{{Infobox Person
| name = David Axmark
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| caption = David Axmark at the MySQL Users Conference, 2006
| birth_date = {{birth date and age |1962|05|28}}
| birth_place = [[Sweden]]
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| occupation = Co-Founder of [[MySQL AB]]
| website = http://www.mysql.com/
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'''David Axmark''', born 28 May 1962 in [[Sweden]], is one of the founders of [[MySQL AB]] and a developer of the [[Free Software|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 <ref>{{cite web|title=Doldisen som blev mångmiljonär|url=http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/doldisen-som-blev-mangmiljonar/|publisher=[[Expressen]]|accessdate=2 July 2014|language=Swedish}}</ref>
 
David has been involved with Freefree Softwaresoftware since 1980 and has said he is committed to developing a successful [[business model]] using Freefree 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 currently focuses on Open Source Licensing aspects, community relations and [[evangelism]].
David is a director at OrangeHRM.<ref>
 
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David has been involved with Free Software since 1980 and is committed to developing a successful [[business model]] using Free Open Source Software.
|publisher = [[MySQL AB]]
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|title = MySQL AB Management Team
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|archivedate=February 23, 2008
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On 4 December 2012, David Axmark, together with the other MySQL founders, Michael "Monty" Widenius and Allan Larsson, announced the [[MariaDB|MariaDB Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web
==External links==
|publisher = MariaDB Foundation
*[http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/interviews/david-axmark.html From Visions to Reality - an interview with David Axmark]
|title = MariaDB Foundation to Safeguard Leading Open Source Database
|url = https://blog.mariadb.org/mariadb-foundation-to-safeguard-leading-open-source-database/
|accessdate = 14 July 2013
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130906210407/http://blog.mariadb.org/mariadb-foundation-to-safeguard-leading-open-source-database/
|archive-date = 6 September 2013
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>
 
== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100326075814/http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/interviews/david-axmark.html From Visions to Reality - an interview with David Axmark]
* http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/orangehrm-closes-on-series-a-financing-147085.php
 
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