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STR.6:2 - Problem

“Internal team”, “AI”, “buy” and “training” can appear as four alternatives even though the same course might use all four. One row includes delivery and support while another counts only a licence. Their scores conceal a false comparison.

An apparently complete account can hide an earlier gap. “The provider will diagnose the error” names the desired result but may leave unexplained what would make that diagnosis possible. Adding cost and responsibility to an unknown mechanism does not turn it into a credible obtaining way.

Premature narrowing loses variants that could become useful under a different future. Indiscriminate retention creates its own burden: licences expire, interfaces need maintenance and scarce attention remains tied to possibilities with no credible continuation. A large archive can therefore coexist with very little practical freedom.