Strange Statement by MySQL VP

Posted Jan 16, 2008 14:09 UTC (Wed) by clugstj (subscriber, #4020)
Parent article: Sun to buy MySQL AB

What does this statement mean?

"Since I am based outside the US, I am particularly excited about meeting the many Sun
engineers located in Hamburg (Germany), Grenoble (France), Prague (Czech Republic), St
Petersburg (Russia), Beijing (China) and Bangalore (India)."

Just seemed odd to me.

Strange Statement by MySQL VP

Posted Jan 16, 2008 14:41 UTC (Wed) by sdenlinger (subscriber, #24239) [Link] (2 responses)

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.)

Strange Statement by MySQL VP

Posted Jan 17, 2008 5:31 UTC (Thu) by johnny (guest, #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.

Strange Statement by MySQL VP

Posted Jan 16, 2008 14:54 UTC (Wed) by NAR (subscriber, #1313) [Link]

I guess he just wanted to show that how international Sun is.