David Axmark, born 28 May 1962 in Sweden, is one of the founders of

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and a developer of the

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database server,

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. He has been involved with MySQL development from its beginning along with the fellow co-founder

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. He studied at Uppsala University between 1980 and 1984 David has been involved with free software since 1980 and has said he is committed to developing a successful

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using free open source software. During early 2010 David made a Series A financing for

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, "The World's Most Popular Open Source Human Resource Management Software". David is a director at OrangeHRM. On 4 December 2012, David Axmark, together with the other MySQL founders, Michael "Monty" Widenius and Allan Larsson, announced the MariaDB Foundation.

References

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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Axmark, David Swedish computer programmers Free software programmers Living people 1962 births