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.
C
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What will be an ideal response?
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