IBM Icon hits 3 keys to success
Today is David Bradley’s last day at work. Most of us have no clue who he is but we know- very well in fact- what he’s done..
In or around 1980, Bradley with a team of engineers worked on creating the IBM PC- more or less, the same computer concept that many of us use today. The team realized they needed a fail-safe key combination to force the computer to reboot. Bradley sat down for five minutes and coded the CTRL-ALT-DEL shortcut. Bradley is retiring today.
At a 20-year celebration of the IBM PC, Bradley, along with then-Microsoft CEO and Chairman, Bill Gates and others, were on a panel. The key combo was brought up and Bradley added “I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous.”
Gates didn’t laugh.
Today is David Bradley’s last day at work. Most of us have no clue who he is but we know- very well in fact- what he’s done..
In or around 1980, Bradley with a team of engineers worked on creating the IBM PC- more or less, the same computer concept that many of us use today. The team realized they needed a fail-safe key combination to force the computer to reboot. Bradley sat down for five minutes and coded the CTRL-ALT-DEL shortcut. Bradley is retiring today.
At a 20-year celebration of the IBM PC, Bradley, along with then-Microsoft CEO and Chairman, Bill Gates and others, were on a panel. The key combo was brought up and Bradley added “I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous.”
Gates didn’t laugh.
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