Welcome Ronald! Great to have you on board!

If you've been following his blog, then you will already know that Ronald Bradford has joined PrimeBase Technologies. We are very pleased to have him on board! As many know, Ronald has always been very active in the MySQL community as far as his job has made this possible.

Ironically during his time at MySQL he was less present in the community than before. When we discussed our plans for PrimeBase with him, Ronald was interested because it was an opportunity to return to a more active role in the community. I am very glad that this motivation was understood by almost everyone at MySQL and we are all looking forward to seeing and hearing more from Ronald.

But, of course, Ronald is not "just a pretty face" ;) He will be helping us to design and specify our open source products (including Blob Streaming). Ronald's extensive experience with both MySQL and end-users will contribute significantly to what we produce.

Ronald will also be helping us to refine our business model. We want all PrimeBase software to be open and free, so we've been thinking hard about how we can make this possible. All this makes it a very exciting time for us, and we will be talking more about of our plans in the days and weeks to come.

Of course, Ronald and I will be at the MySQL conference, so be sure to look us up!