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The Guy Responsible For Ctrl-Alt-Del

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the three-finger-salute dept.

Gannett News is running a story about David Bradley, the IBM engineer who, in 1980, coined Ctrl-Alt-Del. Interestingly, he meant for it to remain a developer-only tool, not something for end users, and certainly not to have Windows users change their passwords or logoff. He also says he chose those keys specifically as it's not a key sequence that can be struck by accident.

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  1. From his own mouth... by rwiedower · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Bradley says the "strength of the country" is at stake because relatively few students go into science or technology. Further, he says, ordinary citizens need to understand science and technology better to make informed choices in the voting booth.

    Hmm. Let's see. Americans aren't smart enough and are just used to pushing buttons instead of understanding complex ideas. Who could've helped that along with a simple button push that magically solves all computer problems?

  2. Re:Heh. by bellings · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Every few months or so I have to restart X to get it to stop piggin' up the RAM (but that is not the OSes fault).

    STFU.

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