David Axmark, founder and vice president of MySQL, said in Beijing today that software patent rights are only protecting the interests of large software companies. MySQL announced the establishment of a R & D center in China Today. David Axmark said that the establishment of My SQL Chinese R & D center can attract more and more engineers to join the R & D team of My SQL around the world, provide local support and services to promote the use and development of My SQL in China. Finally, he issued a call against the software patent right. He believed that the software patent right was not to protect the interests of software engineers, but to protect the interests of large software companies. He did not want to see the existence of the software patent right. David Axmark told reporters that since MySQL launched its own product in 1995, it has been adhering to the high performance, reliability and applicability philosophy, and has good compatibility, supports a variety of operating system platforms and computer languages, its pluggable storage engine is more distinctive than traditional databases, so it is favored by multinational companies such as YAHOO and GOOGLE. Beijing Wanli Open Source Software Co., Ltd., a partner of MySQL China R & D center, is a local Chinese Open Source Software Solution and technical service provider. Li hansheng, Chairman of Heqin software, President and Chairman of Wanli open-source company, said that Wanli open-source has been committed to promoting open-source solutions, and its cooperation with MySQL is further away from its strategic objectives.