最初，此信息是在一个博客中发布的，该博客早已不复存在了，我不会再发布它。但是，在“您的互联网”和哈布雷杂志中有关某个主题的一些出版物发表之后，我仍然决定提出一个更具逻辑性的事件版本。读者本人将弄清楚看起来更像是真实的东西。
让我们开始吧。比尔盖茨。丑闻，阴谋，调查。
我一直对伟大事物的开始感兴趣。正如他们所说，谁，如何，何时以及在什么情况下敲打了第一枚钉子。
本文是关于比尔·盖茨漫漫长路的开始的开始，不需要额外的介绍。
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"Mary Gates, a prominent Seattle businesswoman who helped her son, William H. Gates 3d, get the contract that led to a lucrative relationship with I.B.M. for his fledgling Microsoft Corporation, died at her home early today."
*"Her tenure on the national board's executive committee is believed to have helped Microsoft, based in Seattle, at a crucial time. In 1980, she discussed with John R. Opel, a fellow committee member who was the chairman of the International Business Machines Corporation, the business that I.B.M. was doing with Microsoft.
Mr. Opel, by some accounts, mentioned Mrs. Gates to other I.B.M. executives. A few weeks later, I.B.M. took a chance by hiring Microsoft, then a small software firm, to develop an operating system for its first personal computer.
The success of the I.B.M. P C gave Microsoft and its MS-DOS (for Microsoft Disk Operating System) a lift that eventually made it the world's largest software company for personal computers. Sales now exceed $3 billion.
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