Larry Stefonic (left), Executive VP of Sales at MySQL AB, introduces David Axmark and Monty Widenius, co-founders of MySQL AB, for their "State of the Dolphin" keynote.
Monty (left) and David give their "State of the Dolphin" keynote.
The crowd watches one of the keynotes.
Mårten Mickos, CEO of MySQL AB, talks about some recent press mentions of MySQL during his keynote address.
Rick Cattell, deputy chief technology officer of software at Sun Microsystems, talks about the Sun ONE architecture during his keynote.
Sergei Golubchik, MySQL developer, talks about the full-text features of the
MySQL database server.
The attendees enjoy lunch outside.
The speakers gathered for dinner before the conference.
Mårten addresses the crowd.
A couple of Sun Microsystems employees confer during a keynote.
One of the attendees studies the schedule.
Larry talks with Igor Babaev, senior software developer at MySQL AB, between sessions.
A crowd mills around the conference schedule, figuring out where to go next.
Another crowd gathers upstairs.
Some disciples pay homage to the glowing figure of Sakila the dolphin.
Marsee Henon oversees the O'Reilly booth in the expo hall.
An attendee checks in with the registration desk.
Olivier Beutels (left), Gerardo Narvaja, and David Axmark catch up between sessions.
Sakari Keskitalo (left) and his coworkers from Emic Networks compare notes before the expo opens.
Some attendees compare notes on the schedule.
Michelle Peters stands her ground behind a stack of Paul DuBois's MySQL, 2nd Edition.
Mårten (left, background) talks with some attendees.
The teams from Emic Networks and Novell talk over lunch.
The crowd enjoys dinner and drinks by the pool.
Mårten addresses the crowd.
The hard-working conference staff. Back row, from left: Kent Barnard, Jim Giardano, Rob Ackerman, Karen Barnard. Front row, from left: Kelly Kimball, Julie Kaplan, Karmel Ackerman.