<p>Not to mention that companies like seagate et al now have limited sales (reduced revenue) for a period of months but the same fixed costs (wages, rent) and increased capital expenditure (rebuild costs - they may self insure but if not there will need to find capital to get building underway before the insurers pay out) and SLAs with big customers with probably large penalties and even though this would likely fall under force majeur they would want to keep the big customers happy and so will redirect supply where they can.</p>
<p>The same fixed costs issue exists for distributors, same costs but lower revenue.</p>
<p>R</p>
<p>Please excuse brevity and pistakes, this email was composed on a smartphone.</p>
<p>Regards,<br>
Richard Morton</p>