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Leading computer supplier that partnered with Microsoft in 1980 for the IBM PC, adopting Microsoft's operating system
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Entities connected to IBM through shared intermediaries, but not directly linked.
Person
Steven Sinofsky
Connected via: Microsoft
Person
Bill Gates
Connected via: Microsoft
Person
Steve Ballmer
Connected via: Microsoft
Document
Altair BASIC
Connected via: Microsoft
Organization
Lakeside School
Connected via: Microsoft
Key Relationships
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- Organization Microsoft - Microsoft partnered with IBM in 1980 to provide software for the IBM PC, including the operating system that became DOS Official Document
Source Documents & Evidence
“IBM, the leading supplier of computer equipment to commercial enterprises at the time, approached Microsoft in July 1980 concerning software for its upcoming personal computer, the IBM PC, after Gates's mother mentioned Microsoft to John Opel, IBM...”Accessed: 2026-02-21
Added: 2026-02-21
· Updated: 2026-02-21
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