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By Euan Rocha

Jul 3 2017 10:00AM

Wants one-time upgrade offer.

India pushes Microsoft for Windows discount after WannaCry, Petya

India is pressing Microsoft to offer a sharply discounted one-time deal to the more than 50 million Windows users in the country so that they can upgrade to the latest Windows 10 operating system in the wake of ransomware attacks. Microsoft officials in India have "in principle agreed" to the ...

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