Does this interfere with wiping Windows from a system and installing Linux? Or does installing Windows contaminate the TPM module permanently?
It's not the TPM, it's a simple UEFI variable. AFAIK, there's a way in the BIOS to reset all these variables to their original default value, though you might have to use the "clear CMOS" jumper to do it.
So installing Windows can break a computer for Linux.
That's a great antitrust issue. Microsoft should be fined for that.
How dare Microsoft operate within the bounds of an agreed-upon industry standard, what a monopoly!