I learned early on not to trust anything with a sticker that claimed warranty supported by Fry's (that meant it was a return and tested No Problem Found and sold as is).
Too many return trips eats up any profit reselling parts to my clients.
But it was a blast back in the day when I could get shrinkwrap tubing, RAM modules, individual electronics components (resistors, capacitors, etc.) personal care items like combs, brushes, snacks, etc.
And then there were the books... With a cafe built into the store. I spent a lot of time and money at a number of the Silicon Valley Frys locations.
I hope Synology gets its act together, it has been a convenient product to resell for clients who down-size. Very simple, very low maintenance. And very simple to set up, versus all of the home-grown *nix boxes I have built over the decades.
The only "hard" part I find with running my own mail server for the last 25 years is switching platforms.
Deriving a large part of my income by supporting Microsoft software in small business environments, I have been running Exchange versions all that time. I have enjoyed Outlook as a primary business tool, and looking at the conversion strategies to move over to a *nix mail server that will support that client and the 25 years of horded emails I now store (don't mess with my jokes folder, dude) has been the most daunting part of it.
Even though I have been on Debian releases as my primary workstation OS for over 12 years now, I still have virtual Windows sessions to keep using Outlook. And granted, that also lets me simulate what my clients "see" when I am assisting.
Only if they sell, and wouldn't a $1B sale pretty much tank it? Is there enough financial coverage from the banking sector behind the exchange houses to cover such a large sell?