As I mentioned in MySQL Conference – Rewarding the Community , Paul McCullagh, the creator of the Community Transactional Storage Engine PBXT won the Community Code Contributor of the Year award.
A photo for Paul. Great work.
MySQL Conference – PBXT Recognized
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