[citation][nom]quiteadiscount[/nom]Like jarnail24 said, M$ is just stating how much they currently get from OEMs. However, I wonder if this is just for certain agreements. I worked several years for an IT company that almost exclusively built computers for its clients. (This was back when it was cost-effective to do so. Nowadays IT companies usually just resell Dell or HP products, or the clients work with said OEMs directly.)If the client didn't have an Open License agreement, we bought OEM licenses and media for ~$130-$140 each for Win2k or XP. There was no 5% additional charge. If the 5% is referring to the cost of each OEM license, then we were paying almost three times that. If Dell and HP only pay $50 per license, then they are getting a substantial discount.[/citation]
Thank you for sharing that. Some time ago I posted this and some guy called me a liar. Now every one knows that OEM version soled at Neweeg is simply retail version without support from MS. I used to be small builder my self and the only way to get real discount from MS was by signing exclusive contract with them. In other words not to sell PC without OS, with Linux or other OS. So It is MS tax of 5% to any Linux user if this user can't get 5% discount from OEM for PC without OS.