Ctrl-Alt-Del

[Mjcpr]

Inventor retiring...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...laltdelete_man

[BeetDigger]

This thread should have gotten more play. Who hasn't used ctrl-alt-del? Where would we be without ctrl-alt-del?

[Mjcpr]

I thought so too.

[ChickSoonerFan]

You are such a tease:

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[skycat]

I've got your three fingered salute right here.

[Hamhock]

Was I supposed to be paying this guy every time I reboot my computer?

[crawfish]

In 1997, three of us working for Gateway sat in a room, discussing how to make a remote control work with Windows. We made a choice not on the right way (which would've added months to our schedule) but the most convenient way at the time. Microsoft was working with us on this project, and a few years later adopted the same method for the "media" keys on their new keyboards. To this day, they're still using the same method.

Just a historical note on how these standards are usually developed.

Ctrl-Alt-Del is a lot cooler, though.

[critical_phil]

....three of us working for Gateway sat in a room.....

i've been wanting to talk to someone about this closet full of Gateway laptops i've got that didn't last 2 years.....


**** you crawfish.