MySQL

MySQL, the first European enterprise software unicorn, is an open-source database that supports scalable web-based and embedded database applications.

MySQL, the first European enterprise software unicorn, is an open-source database that supports scalable web-based and embedded database applications.

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Founded in 1995 Bought by Sun Microsystems for $1 billion in 2008

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MySQL, the first European enterprise software unicorn, is an open-source database that supports scalable web-based and embedded database applications.

MySQL is the leading open-source database that supports scalable web-based and embedded database applications. Its performance, ease of use, and low cost, and scalability have made it the world’s most popular open source database. Paca Ventures’ founding partners, Michael ‘Monty’ Widenius, Daniel Hartmann and Marcus Lindberg, were founders and early investors in MySQL.

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