All code descends from the work by Michael Widenius and David Axmark the original authors.
Many others from MySQL AB have participated in the creation of this as well,
Please see "SHOW AUTHORS" in MySQL 5.1 for a complete list of names. 
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Andrew Ettinger 
Andrew Garner 
Andrew Hutchings 
Andrey Hristov 
Andrey Zhakov 
Andy Lester 
Antony Curtis 
Arjen Lentz
Barry Leslie
Biping Meng 
Brian Aker 
C.J. Adams-Collier 
Clint Fewbar
David Axmark 
David Shrewsbury 
Dennis Schoen 
Devananda van der Veen
Diego Medina 
Diego Pettenò 
Djellel E. Difallah 
Edward "Koko" Konetzko 
Elan Ruusamäe 
Elliot Murphy 
Eric Day 
Eric Herman 
Eric Lambert 
Felipe 
Gleb Shchepa
Grant Limberg 
Harrison Fisk 
Hartmut Holzgraefe 
Jay Pipes 
Jim Winstead 
Jobin Augustine
Joe Daly 
Kristian Nielsen 
Lee Bieber 
LinuxJedi 
Lu Guanqun 
Marcus Eriksson 
Mark Atwood 
Mats Kindahl 
Monty Taylor 
Moriyoshi Koizumi 
Nathan Williams 
Nobuhiro Iwamatsu
Padraig O'Sullivan 
Patrick Crews 
Patrick Galbraith 
Paul McCullagh 
Paweł Blokus 
Peter Lieverdink 
Prafulla Tekawade
Ronald Bradford
Robert Collins 
Robert Klahn 
Sanders King 
Siddharth Prakash Singh 
Snowstalker 
Stewart Smith 
Tim Davies 
Tim Martin 
Tim Penhey 
Toru Maesaka 
Trond Norbye 
Vijay Samuel 
Vladimir Kolesnikov 
Yanbo Wu 
Yoshinori Sano 
Zimin 
