Five Questions I Wish I'd Asked Before Stepping into the Box
SUSE, Thursday, September 17th, 2026
Five procurement questions SUSE says buyers should ask before committing to an appliance or closed platform.
This SUSE post lists five questions IT buyers should ask vendors before committing to a closed appliance or turnkey platform.
The questions probe upgrade paths, data portability, support lifecycle, integration limits, and the real cost of leaving.
It is written in a first-person, lessons-learned voice aimed at infrastructure decision makers. The piece is part of a SUSE series on avoiding infrastructure lock-in.