Is Microsoft irrelevant? Perhaps according to some folks at OSCON.

But, he did build some amazing games and stuff that we played with. When he started MySQL, I worked for this other small database company, Solid Information Technology. I told Monty that his project ...

Finnish-born Marten Mickos has worked in Silicon Valley as CEO of MySQL – a once-tiny company that started in Sweden and became one of the most popular suppliers of open-source database software ...