The platform is affordable. I rate the pricing a six out of ten.

The price is reasonable. The product must provide a pay-as-you-go model of licensing.

The product is expensive. We purchase its yearly license.

I haven't kept up on licensing costs, I haven't been selling or supporting products on a day to day basis. 

The price of SUSE Linux Enterprise could be cheaper. Other solutions, such as 
Red Hat.

I rate the product price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price. In terms of the additional costs attached to the solution, I would say that my company has purchased a few add-ons for SUSE Linux Enterprise, but they are all different products.

The license comes directly from Mitel since it is personalized distribution, and everything depends on that particular distribution. Regarding pricing, everybody would want it to be cheaper. It's not just one person who is working on the solution. So, there are a lot of people who work for that particular software to maintain its high level of valuation, and they should be paid for their work.

In terms of cost, they are cheaper than Red Hat. I'd rate the affordability of pricing six out of ten. 

For SUSE Linux, currently, we normally use the free versions that come with both patching and support for patching. We normally pay for support whenever we need to, so they'll charge us for every hour after the engineer has connected.

The pricing was recently raised. They are not as competitive as they were before. 

When we first implemented this product, we had licenses for support. Although because of the stability of the systems, we did not use it much so we scaled down on support. 

There is no license. Usually, no Linux will charge for a license. They will get sued if they do so, as they are all running GPL software. GPL software would insist that you do not modify the code without sharing it with the public and anybody can use it. That's why it's not possible for them to charge money on the use.

As far as licensing goes, there is nothing unusual here. The price and model have worked fine for my organization

I would advise others to download the free or strictly open source versions, then test them in their environment before committing to a purchase. This will allow for testing suitability for applications that they want to run. 

As with all commercially supported open source software, there is no license fee for this solution, users buy annual or multi-year support subscriptions.

I have to pay for a license in order to get support.

The price of Linux Enterprise could be lower.

There is a free tier and a paid support tier. If you do not need support, then the solution is free to use. If you need support then there is an option for that as well.

The license we pay is for Oracle. We make use of the community edition. 

We're not subscribed to any support. So far, without a subscription, there are no obstacles.

Anyone can use Linux because it is open-source. If you require technical assistance, you will have to pay for it.