


Because Apple and RadioShack were already selling small stand-alone computers, the project (code name: Acorn) was a rush job. His task: to help build IBM’s new personal computer. In the spring of 1981, David Bradley was part of a select team working from a nondescript office building in Boca Raton, Fla. Here's the story of how the key combination became famous in the first place. In 2013, Bill Gates admitted ctrl+alt+del was a mistake and blamed IBM.
