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While working for Stanford University in the 1980s, married couple Sandy Lerner and Len Bosack help invent a technology that allows computers of different makes and models to talk to each other for the first time. But they risk financial ruin when they decide to commercialize their invention. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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