EV> 10-10-14 15:24 Roger Nelson wrote to Daryl Stout about Windows shutdown   
       
   EV> Not too long ago I saw a article that said Bill Gates denied saying   
   EV> those words.   
       
   Then maybe the article was wrong or Paul Allen said that.  In either case, you   
   can't unring a bell.  (-:   
       
   EV>RN> Yes, but I read somewhere last year in a tech article that he   
   EV>RN> admitted his biggest mistake was Ctrl-Alt-Del.  The article   
   EV>RN> didn't expand on what he meant, so I can only conclude that no   
   EV>RN> one was swift enough to ask the question.  I'll do some further   
   EV>RN> digging after I'm well into Windows 10, which has done some   
   EV>RN> strange things here.  (-:   
       
   EV> I took a look at the control+alt+delete page on Wikepedia and David   
   EV> Bradley at IBM was given credit for changing 'soft reboot' from   
   EV> ctrl+alt+esc to ctrl+alt+delete because he found it too easy to   
   EV> accidently hit those keys on the original IBM PC Keyboard and cause   
   EV> a reboot to happen.   
       
   That makes no sense.   
       
   EV> The article says the reference to Bill Gates is starting up Windows NT.   
       
   EV> My two cents.   
       
   Doesn't buy much anymore.  (-:-)   
       
       
   Regards,   
       
   Roger   
      
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