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Subject: CNTL-ALT-DEL was "a mistake" Gates finally admits Tue Apr 14, 2015 3:55 pm
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David Bradley, an engineer who worked on the original IBM PC, invented the combination which was originally designed to reboot a PC. "I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous," Bradley said in an interview previously, leaving Bill Gates looking rather awkward.
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Subject: Re: CNTL-ALT-DEL was "a mistake" Gates finally admits Tue Apr 14, 2015 4:03 pm
Of all the horrendous mistakes Microsoft has made, Gates admits to a completely meaningless one. Figures. They still haven't admitted to a serious problem in their BASIC compiler, which predates the introduction of the IBM PC.