> Rather than buying new-old-stock CPUs, why not just buy all the CPUs the long-term program will ever need when they're still cheap, and stockpile them? You m

> Rather than buying new-old-stock CPUs, why not just buy all the CPUs the long-term program will ever need when they're still cheap, and stockpile them? You might not know how many you need. Suppose one of your data centers burns down and has to be replaced or you have triple the expected customer demand. Also, time value of money.