The real story was that she was a board member on another corporate board with someone who was also on IBM's board. Even with that indirection, she did use tha

The real story was that she was a board member on another corporate board with someone who was also on IBM's board. Even with that indirection, she did use that influence to convince IBM to use Microsoft for the PC. https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/11/obituaries/mary-gates-64-helped-her-son-start-microsoft.html https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/11/obituaries/mary-gates-64-...