A closer look
IBM engineer David Bradley created the infamous "Ctrl-Alt-Delete" keyboard shortcut in 1981 as a quick way to safely reboot a computer without powering it down completely, choosing those specific keys so they couldn't be pressed accidentally with one hand. Bill Gates later publicly criticized this design choice, claiming he wanted a single dedicated button for the function but the keyboard designers explicitly refused to give it to him. So every time your operating system freezes and you are forced to perform the three-finger digital salute of shame, remember that you are actively participating in a decades-old petty grievance between legendary tech billionaires who couldn't agree on hardware design
