Bill Gates Explains Why He Built Cntrl + Alt + Del - Harvard Interview

William H. Gates III COL '77, LLD '07 Q&A | The Harvard Campaign Launch

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If you pressed Control-Alt-Delete to log on before reading this, Bill Gates says he's sorry.

The Microsoft founder says the triple-key login should have been made easier, à la Apple's Macs, but that a designer insisted on the more complicated step.

"We could have had a single button. But the guy who did the IBM keyboard design didn't want to give us our single button," Gates said Saturday during a question-and-answer session to launch a Harvard University fund-raising campaign. His comments have gained attention since a video of his Harvard Q&A was posted on YouTube on Tuesday.

Question and answer with Bill Gates at the launch of the Harvard Campaign.

Sanders Theater, September 21, 2013

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Author: Harvard Published: 24 September 2013 

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