Ctrl+Alt+Delete author makes fun of Gates

[Xeen]

David Bradley of IBM created the Ctrl+Alt+Delete key combination some 20 years ago that we all know is supposed to force computers to restart if they fail. Now, he is retiring, and couldn't help but joke at Billy Gates' expense at an IBM party.

 

quote:The engineers knew they had to design a simple way to restart the computer should it fail. Bradley wrote the code to make it work.

"I didn't know it was going to be a cultural icon," Bradley said. "I did a lot of other things than Ctrl+Alt+Delete, but I'm famous for that one."

"I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous," Bradley said. Gates didn't laugh.

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[ January 30, 2004: Message edited by: xeen ]

[WMD]

Oh there's been a video of that for quite a while  

http://www.windowscrash.com/albums/movies/ss020709x_165_0.mpg

[Xeen]

quote:Originally posted by WMD:
Oh there's been a video of that for quite a while    

http://www.windowscrash.com/albums/movies/ss020709x_165_0.mpg

!! The look on Billy's face in that video is priceless!

[WMD]

Yeah, that smirk...  

*message to society: Bill knows it!!*

[hm_murdock]

blah blah blah.

so gates doesn't have a great sense of humor, especially when some dude insults him

I dunno. I think he handled it really well.

I would have gone over and taken my boot to that guy's face