SUSE S.A.

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SUSE S.A.
SUSE S.A.
Company typePrivate held (Société Anonyme)
ISINLU2333210958 Edit this on Wikidata
IndustryComputer software
FoundedFürth, Germany (2 September 1992 (1992-09-02))[1]
Founder
  • Roland Dyroff
  • Thomas Fehr
  • Hubert Mantel
  • Burchard Steinbild
Headquarters
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen (CEO)[2]
Products
Revenue450,000,000 United States dollar (2020) Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees
2,300[3] (2023)
ParentEQT AB Edit this on Wikidata
Websitewww.suse.com

SUSE S.A. (/ˈsuːsə, ˈsuːzə/ SOO-sə, SOO-zə,[4][5] German: [ˈzuːzə]) is a German multinational open-source software company that develops and sells Linux products to business customers. Founded in 1992, it was the first company to market Linux for enterprise. It is the developer of SUSE Linux Enterprise and the primary sponsor of the community-supported openSUSE Linux distribution project.

The openSUSE "Tumbleweed" variation is an upstream distribution for both the "Leap" variation and SUSE Linux Enterprise distribution. Meanwhile, its branded "Leap" variation is part of a direct upgrade path to the enterprise version, which effectively makes openSUSE Leap a non-commercial version of its enterprise product.

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  5. ^ Maria Saavedra (Executive Creative Director), Scott Worley (Director of Video Production). SUSE - Rosetta Stone (Marketing Video). Hewlett-Packard. (behance.net, YouTube)