Some time ago, we were asked: “where are all of the open source billionaires?”

Well, let me introduce you to MySQL, the company that Sun Microsystems today bought for $1 Billion. continue reading...

Before IPOs joined dinosaurs, investment bankers would look for companies grossing $100M in revenues, with IPOs coming back in vogue, it seems, that $50M is the new $100M… something we covered earlier, by the way… as MySQL is looking to file after hitting $50M in revenue in 2006, after doing $6.5 million in 2002 and about $34 million in 2005. continue reading...