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Control-alt-delete was meant to be used only in development
REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 26 () -- The ubiquitous control-alt-delete used to unfreeze a computer or reach a log-in screen was "a mistake," admitted Bill Gates, founder U.S. tech giant Microsoft.Asked about the three-key shortcut while at Harvard University, Gate said it could have been a single button, "but the guy who did the IBM keyboard design didn't want to give us our single button," ABC reported Thursday."We programmed at a low level," Gates said. "It was a mistake."The exchange was first reported by Geekwire.The "guy" at the keyboard was IBM PC engineer David Bradley, who said in an interview several years ago that control-alt-delete was meant to be something used only in development."It wouldn't be available elsewhere," he said.Well, since the command was introduced in 1981,[url=http://www.christianalouboutin.co.uk]Jimmy Choo Shoes Sale[/url], it still lives in Windows, including the current Windows 8 operating system.A 2010 Indianapolis Star article said the original idea was to create a way to restart the computer. Bradley said he chose those three keys because he didn't want people to erroneously hit the keys -- and their placement on the original IBM keyboard required two hands.