David Bradley, the IBM inventor of the three finger salute (CTR-ALT-DEL) has retired according to this Newsday article. Bradley is quoted as saying “I may have invented it, but Bill [Gates] made it famous.” As you remember, Gates’ prior invention of the “blue screen of death” resulted in the necessity for Mr. Bradley’s invention…thereby making the three finger salute famous.
I must say that Gates has (at least partially) had his revenge…since I upgraded to XP, my use of the three finger salute is easily down 95% over the last couple years.
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