MySQL Quietly Drops Support for Most Linux Distributions

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Dec 14, 2006 9:49 AM EDT
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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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please don't repost this FUD herzeleid 2 1,259 Dec 15, 2006 10:08 AM
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