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SubjectRe: Linux login security approaches
On Tue, Dec 08, 1998 at 10:00:40PM -0500, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
>
> M$ probably used Ctl-Alt-Del because it was "cute". "See, I am
> a powerful Operating System, you can't kill me like DOS..."
>

Supposedly, they used it because of the extreme unlikeliness of its
being bound to a useful function in any existing Windows program.

Of course, I wouldn't be surprised if the cute factor played a role
too.

miket


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