It seems that MySQL has dropped support for Debian Linux. For those of not familiar with Debian, it is an entirely open source platform that has no corporate connection of financial backing of any kind. It is open source and community based in the truest sense.

Now, I’m not someone who believes that no one should make money on Linux. After all I make money by selling products that are dependent on Linux. But I also believe that diversity in the open source community is not only important but vital. Debian is unique in many wonderful ways, and by losing support for the most important database server in the open source community (MySQL), this in some way diminishes Debian’s importance.

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