It is also an open source operating system developed by Novell Inc.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server was created in 1994.
Suse Linux is a software company, as it the distributor of the Linux operating system. It was established in 1992 and is part of the Suse Linux Enterprise.
SUSE Enterprise Linux. They also contribute heavily to OpenSUSE.
SUSE Enterprise Linux
SUSE Enterprise is made to run on servers(which use different platforms to organize the web page) while SUSE Linux professional is desktop Linux with special mods and cool platforms for high tech work in offices and studios.
Fedora and openSUSE are the open-community spin-offs of privately managed and developed for-profit GNU/Linux distributions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Enterprise Edition Linux.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux - produced by Red Hat SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - produced by Novell Ubuntu (available free of charge, but has paid support available) - produced by Canonical.
Yes.
Suse was licensed to Novell.
As a server product, it would obviously have no explicit support for laptops. Depending on what you are calling "enterprise hardware", there is a good chance it is supported by the kernel anyway.
No, a subscription to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is not mandatory for using the operating system itself, as it can be downloaded and installed for free. However, a subscription is required for access to official support, software updates, and patches, which are essential for maintaining security and stability in production environments. For businesses and mission-critical applications, a subscription is highly recommended.
The only real advantage of SUSE Linux over other distros IMO is that windows users could install it and not be too lost. Although some other Linux OS are nearly as easy to use as SUSE now.