Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 13th Dec 2006 19:43 UTC, submitted by trinitrotolueen
MySQL quietly deprecated support for most Linux distributions on October 16, when its 'MySQL Network' support plan was replaced by 'MySQL Enterprise.' MySQL now supports only two Linux distributions - Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. We learned of this when MySQL declined to sell us support for some new Debian-based servers. Our sales rep 'found out from engineering that the current Enterprise offering is no longer supported on Debian OS.' We were told that 'Generic Linux' in MySQL's list of supported platforms means 'generic versions of the implementations listed above'; not support for Linux in general.
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I think they're just talking about Enterprise support.
And being that Red Hat and SuSE are the two dominant platforms in the enterprise, it somewhat makes sense for MySQL to consolidate support on those two. They're focusing on market demand.
Plus, there probably not enough Debian users willing to pay the MySQL corporation for support on the MySQL database. They're typically more than happy to just go it alone, without paid support.
I'm sure offering technical support and other services for too many different platforms or Linux distros could get too costly.
That said, if Ubuntu, for instance, really grows in the Enterprise, MySQL would probably be glad to offer support for Ubuntu.
So I really don't think people should get their briefs/panties in a bunch over this.