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nradovtoday at 4:24 PM0 repliesview on HN

Periodic component shortages have been a fact of life in the server business forever. Like a key supplier's factory burns down or something.

The key thing is being transparent with customers on price, availability, and delivery schedules. In the short term server vendors can use tricks and personal relationships to extract higher profit margins but eventually the senior executives at major customers figure out what's happening and start looking for other options.