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Sure.

But you can apply the same logic to Windows (desktop + server) + office. Eg, Chinese government can decide tomorrow that they mandate all government PCs run Linux. And that wont distinguish between Office or OS.

As I already suggested, I am not disputing Google's reliance on Ads, but the pie chart is not convincing because of far more reasons than Ads.

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You are right, and that's why diversity of revenue is a good thing. If tomorrow Office and Windows drop revenue by half, Microsoft as a whole wont drop revenue by half, and I guess that's the main point the pie chart is making.

But I also agree with you that the Pie Chart might not be completely accurate and might be oversimplifying the situation, but I think there's no denying Microsoft is one of the most diversified tech company out there in term of revenue.

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