So how did the famous keyboard shortcut of Ctrl + Alt + Delete come about? Incredibly, a programmer who worked on one of the first personal computers wrote it in five minutes because it was too much of a hassle to keep rebooting the computer manually. Watch this video of Bradley recounting the creation of this now-iconic shortcut, and watch as Bill Gates does not take a jab at Microsoft with the best of graces.
The next time you terminate a program, or restart your computer using the CTRL+ALT+DEL shortcut, think of David Bradley; the IBM engineer that invented the command. During a gathering in 2004 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the IBM PC, the veteran engineer revealed that he’d created the shortcut to save time, since his work required him to frequently power down and restart his computer. He says never intended to make the combination public but was prevailed upon by IBM who found it extremely useful.
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