There's a difference between individual consumers and corporate customers. Microsoft profits most from the "small and medium business" sector.

Good point!

Their tens of billions in revenue suggest SOMEONE must be paying for them.

Parent comment meant Microsoft's revenue in China. While exact figures are hard to come by, they most certainly do not make tens of billions of dollars from China.

They have tens of billions in revenue in China?

> Of the $77.8 billion revenue Microsoft generated in its 2013 financial year, China, Brazil, and Russia each "exceeded" $1 billion

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