Michael Widenius, also known as Monty, is the main author of the original version of the open source MySQL database, a founding member of MySQL and is currently involved in open source with its successor MariaDB. In this talk Monty will explain how open source companies, already benefiting from better developers and quality, can also compete in equal term with closed source companies.

Michael Widenius, also known as Monty, is the main author of the original version of the open source MySQL database, a founding member of MySQL and is currently involved in open source with its successor MariaDB. In this talk Monty will explain how open source companies, already benefiting from better developers and quality, can also compete in equal term with closed source companies.