# Ctrl-Alt-Delete Man, We Salute You!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-alt-delete-man-we-salute-you/226822>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 30, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-alt-delete-man-we-salute-you/226822 "2004-01-30T20:38:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-alt-delete-man-we-salute-you/226822/1 "2004-01-30T20:38:05Z")

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On this, [your last day on the job](http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=47573):

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> The man who spent five minutes writing the computer code that would bail out the world’s PC users for decades is retiring Friday.
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> David Bradley programmed one of the most well-known key combinations around: Ctrl-Alt-Delete. It forces obstinate computers to restart when they no longer follow other commands.
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> Bradley, 55, is leaving IBM Corp. after 28 1/2 years.

Good on you, David! May your retirement be prosperous and may you go many years before heading to the blue screen of death in the sky.

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**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-alt-delete-man-we-salute-you/226822/2 "2004-01-30T20:43:44Z")

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I heard he went home to crash.  
(apologies to the [Fark.com](http://Fark.com) headline writer)

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**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-alt-delete-man-we-salute-you/226822/3 "2004-01-30T21:08:25Z")

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You mean the man that made all the Micro$ucks operating systems up to win2k  
(when bubba started to block that) actually somewhat usable is retiring?!?!

SAY IT AINT SO!!!

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**Author:** ![Bean\_Counter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@Bean\_Counter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bean_Counter)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-alt-delete-man-we-salute-you/226822/4 "2004-01-31T03:37:44Z")

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> ‘I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous,’ Bradley said.

That’s frickin’ priceless.

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> Gates didn’t laugh.

That’s frickin’ typical.

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**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-alt-delete-man-we-salute-you/226822/5 "2004-01-31T03:45:13Z")

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we heard that.  
I told my son he was deleted.

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**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-alt-delete-man-we-salute-you/226822/6 "2004-01-31T05:48:03Z")

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> [@Otto](#):
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> Ctrl-Alt-Delete Man, We Salute You!

A three-fingered salute, of course!