Yes, according to http://osdir.com/slash3992.html
Tier 1 suppliers in USA charge lower prices for PC with MS-Windows XP
pre-installed than for PC with no OS or with Linux.
However, in spite of his claim to be Linux supporter, the writer of the
article fails to mention the most important TCO-affecting factors:
1. Training!!!
2. Sysadmining a large network of computers.
3. Dealing with computer worms and viruses.
The original PC purchase price, regardless of bells, whistles, doodles
or doodads, and regardless of the OS it was shipped with, is only a part
of the TCO.
--- Omer
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