SUSE has begun to
discuss its plans for the next version of SUSE Linux Enterprise on the
openSUSE lists. It appears that there will be some significant changes.

Intending to do radical changes (regarding technology-
but also design-wise) we choose “Adaptable Linux Platform” or short
“ALP” as codename for that next generation. This indicates already
that some things will be quite different than a “mere “SLE 15++
would be 😉 […]

Another important point is that we intend to split what was a more
generic, everything is closely intertwined into two parts: One
smaller hardware enabling piece, a kind of “host OS”, and the and
the layer providing and supporting applications, which will be
container (and VM) based.

Source: LWN.net – A hint on the future direction of SUSE Linux Enterprise