If it was a true loss-leader, we wouldn't be doing it. I hope, as a share holder ;-)
The purpose of a "loss-leader" is to INCREASE SALES of other higher-priced (and more profitable) products.
For example, grocery stores (at least in the U.S.) typically run sales on chicken and/or ground beef, selling below their cost because once a customer is in the store, they typically buy MORE STUFF.
To argue that opensuse isn't a loss-leader and at the same time, argue that it's an important component to the revenue stream is just plain silly.
Except that in the case of the grocery store, it works, because there are multiple possible other items you could buy, and you have to physically pass them in order to pay for your chicken or mince. I can't see how that applies to copies of openSUSE - not only do you not have to pass other items (if you do, its in someone else's store, not Novell's, so irrelevant), but there isn't really much else you could buy - most people have only 1 or 2 PCs, so hardly need a copy of SLED or SLES with their purchase, and all the small shops that will buy openSUSE won't be buying SLES or SLED either. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org