How Bill Gates' mom helped Microsoft get a deal with IBM in 1980 – and it propelled the company's huge success

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Here's how Bill Gates' mom helped Microsoft get a deal with IBM in 1980 – and it propelled the company's huge success. (via CNBCMakeIt)

That's because for the first time in IBM's then 70-year history, the company was looking to outsource help for an endeavor the company called

IBM wanted to hire an outside software maker to develop an operating system for its personal computer. Microsoft was already in the running for the project, but IBM was considering many software companies, including

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