Bill Gates and Paul Allen
A) dropped out of high school to focus on computer programming.
B) failed miserably in their attempt to create and market a program for the Altair computer.
C) made their breakthrough when IBM asked them to write the operating system for its new state-of-the-art personal computer.
D) came from blue-collar backgrounds.

Question

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Gates and Allen made their significant breakthrough when IBM approached them to develop an operating system for its first personal computer, leading to the creation of MS-DOS.