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Strange Statement by MySQL VP

Posted Jan 16, 2008 14:41 UTC (Wed) by sdenlinger (guest, #24239)
In reply to: Strange Statement by MySQL VP by clugstj
Parent article: Sun to buy MySQL AB

MySQL AB is a Swedish company, so the VP is probably based in Sweden. I don't speak Swedish,
but the "AB" part of the corporate name probably means "aktiebolag", the Swedish equivalent of
an incorporated company. (Google is your friend.)

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Posted Jan 17, 2008 5:31 UTC (Thu) by johnny (subscriber, #10110) [Link]

You're correct, AB means aktiebolag (which literally translates to "stock-company").

The roots of MySQL are in Finland

Posted Jan 17, 2008 15:57 UTC (Thu) by JJ (subscriber, #2321) [Link]

Both chief technical officer Michael "Monty" Widenius and CEO of MySQL AB Mårten Mickos have
been born in Finland studied at the Helsinki University of Technology.