Firstmost an close relationship to SAP due to being headquartered in the same German region. Secondly SuSE have an relatively good track record of delivering a

Firstmost an close relationship to SAP due to being headquartered in the same German region. Secondly SuSE have an relatively good track record of delivering an stable and predictable distribution with SLES, and have been around longer then any other commercial Linux vendor, and despite several changes in ownership over the years it's never been felt as an user. Compared to Ubuntu running SLES is breath of calmness with changes happening slow and well coordinated and while RHEL used to be the same that's changing after being taking over by IBM.