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Wasn’t that because Bill’s mom had a friend on the IBM board?

That is one possible rummor I guess.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall#IBM_dealings

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9667831

ITPro has a recent write-up: https://www.itpro.com/hardware/361331/the-true-story-behind-...

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