MySQL AB Awarded "IT Company of the Year" by Sweden's Leading Business Magazine

MySQL AB today announced that Veckans Affärer, Sweden's leading business magazine, has chosen MySQL AB as the "IT Company of the Year 2004." This award was presented to representatives of MySQL AB at a ceremony in the The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in Stockholm today.

Veckans Affärer reaches 136,000 Swedish business and finance professionals weekly. For 13 years, Veckans Affärer has listed Sweden's 500 largest IT companies in a yearly special, and in connection with this event, the magazine's jury selects the "IT Company of the Year." An article in the publication describes the rationale for choosing MySQL AB as IT Company of the Year (translated from Swedish):

"MySQL is part of a technology revolution that is likely to restructure the software industry and strengthen the trend toward increased openness within the IT industry. MySQL AB is a rare example of a Swedish software company that has managed to reach the global market with its products and has the potential to become a new Swedish billion-SEK company. Because of this, MySQL AB can serve as a model to other young Swedish IT companies."

To see the full Swedish-language story, please go to: http://www.nyteknik.se/art/34917

About MySQL

MySQL AB develops and markets a family of high performance, affordable database servers and tools. The company's flagship product is MySQL, the world's most popular open source database, with more than 5 million active installations. Many of the world's largest organizations, including Yahoo!, Sabre Holdings, Cox Communications, The Associated Press and NASA, are realizing significant cost savings by using MySQL to power Web sites, business-critical enterprise applications and packaged software. MySQL AB is a second generation open source company, with dual licensing that supports open source values and methodology in a profitable, sustainable business. For more information about MySQL, please go to www.mysql.com.