I used to be a SuSE fan until 2003 when I switched to consulting. I became a SuSE Gold partner peddling Suse Enterprise / OpenXchange (SLES/SLOX) and they sent

I used to be a SuSE fan until 2003 when I switched to consulting. I became a SuSE Gold partner peddling Suse Enterprise / OpenXchange (SLES/SLOX) and they sent us with pre-alpha grade quality doing digital transformation in companies with +5K employees. Most of their tools were cardboard cut-outs with severe bugs and lacking functionality. Every one of these projects I was promised by SuSE they would do better but ended up losing key clients that were important for my survival. They have lost the plot the moment they introduced yast2 (their only ever value proposition at the time compared to other distros was yast). I haven't seen a SuSE in the wild since the same time I stopped peddling them. They're extremely dependent on consultants who risk their reputation and whose jobs it is to perpetually apologize to customers. I don't think SuSE has much of an impact outside Germany, and I'm surprised they still exist.