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Subject: Re: Older Hardware Still Works
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2025 12:46:18 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> This is not correct information.
> 
> openSUSE Leap (the community release) has the same packages as the
> commercial SUSE version, plus others prepared by the community.

It's psychology. Many managers consider something free as literally 
worthless. If they pay for the same thing it has value. That works for 
people in general. When pricing a product you have to be careful not to go 
to low or people will think 'What's wrong with it?'