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Ctrl-Alt-Del Inventor To Retire From IBM

Posted by simoniker on from the resetting-into-his-dotage dept.

wherley writes "AP reports that IBM'er David Bradley, who came up with the (in)famous Ctrl-Alt-Delete key combination, is retiring. The article mentions: 'At a 20-year celebration for the IBM PC, Bradley was on a panel with Microsoft founder Bill Gates and other tech icons. The discussion turned to the keys. 'I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous,' Bradley said. Gates didn't laugh. The key combination also is used when software, such as Microsoft's Windows operating system, fails'." We featured a story on Bradley a few months back.

4 of 459 comments (clear)

  1. Re:... then hit Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to restart X. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Wild guess: some gay linuks-"developer"?

  2. Re:Bill may not laugh, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yep me too. Bill is a stuck up pissant arrogent immature egocentric nerdlinger.

    I would have loved to see the look on his face.

  3. You suck! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    And I humped your mom.

  4. Re:If it weren't for this guy by Net_Wakker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow. So Bradley saved bussinesses all over the world some US$30000000000gazillion thanks to prolonged productivity!

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    a horrible place