Reply to post: Not responsible...

Bill Gates says he'd do CTRL-ALT-DEL with one key if given the chance to go back through time

Frank Bitterlich

Not responsible...

"he didn't say he was responsible for it, and to be honest I don't think he gives a flying monkey about it."

Sure, his company was not responsible for the choice of Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot the machine.

But who exactly was responsible for "Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to log in" on various Windows versions? Was that brilliant idea also the fault of IBM engineers, or did someone at MS have a clown for breakfast?

The greatest achievements, and the greatest fails, in computer history begin with someone saying "Hey, I have a hilarious idea..."

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