Michael Widenius

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entrepreneur human software engineer

Michael Widenius is a Finnish software engineer and entrepreneur best known as the original developer of the MySQL relational database and later the founder of MariaDB.

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Monty Widenius 1
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instanceOf entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
software engineer ⓘ
advocatesFor free and open-source software licenses ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Michael Widenius ⓘ
surface form: Monty Widenius
associatedWith LAMP stack ⓘ
MariaDB Foundation ⓘ
MariaDB ⓘ
surface form: MariaDB Server project
blogTitle Monty Says ⓘ
coFounded MySQL ⓘ
surface form: MySQL AB
countryOfCitizenship Finland ⓘ
developed MySQL ⓘ
surface form: MySQL relational database management system
employer MariaDB Corporation ⓘ
MySQL AB ⓘ
Sun Microsystems ⓘ
familyName Michael Widenius self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Widenius
fieldOfWork database systems ⓘ
software engineering ⓘ
founded MariaDB Corporation ⓘ
Monty Program AB ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Michael ⓘ
hasChild Maria Widenius ⓘ
hasRole chief technology officer ⓘ
software architect ⓘ
influenced open-source database ecosystem ⓘ
initiated MariaDB relational database management system ⓘ
inspired forking of MySQL into MariaDB ⓘ
inspiredBy open-source community ⓘ
knownFor founder of MariaDB ⓘ
original developer of the MySQL relational database ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Finnish ⓘ
licenseConcern proprietary control over MySQL ⓘ
movement open-source software ⓘ
name Michael Widenius self-link ⓘ
nationality Finnish ⓘ
notableWork MariaDB ⓘ
MySQL ⓘ
opposed Oracle Corporation acquisition of MySQL ⓘ
placeOfBirth Finland ⓘ
programmingLanguageUsed C ⓘ
C++ ⓘ
website https://monty-says.blogspot.com/ ⓘ

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MariaDB → creator → Michael Widenius ⓘ
MySQL → creator → Michael Widenius ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Widenius
Michael Widenius → name → Michael Widenius self-link ⓘ
MariaDB → namedAfter → Michael Widenius ⓘ
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