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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.

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  1. Why only that combination? by Pranjal · · Score: 0, Troll

    The question is what was special about that combination. He could have used CTRL+SHIFT+DEL, CTRL+BREAK...why only that?

    1. Re:Why only that combination? by BoomerSooner · · Score: 0, Troll

      Open Apple - CTRL - Reset on the Apple //e
      Just reset on the Apple ][

      The good old days!

  2. And in case you STILL didn't get it . . . by DongleFondle · · Score: 1, Troll

    "The key combination also is used when software, such as Microsoft's Windows operating system, fails'."

    Oh, and Bill Gates, one of the other icons on the panel, is the CEO of Microsoft.

    You see, by saying that Bill 'made it famous' he's really insult-

    Oh. You get it.

    Sorry.