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09-09-2014, 03:17 PM
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Microsoft Exec Reveals Steve Ballmer Created Original Blue Screen of Death Message
Dissatisfied with Windows 3.1 failure message, Mr. Ballmer created an almost loveable iconic failure message
While his days at Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) are over and he's engrossed in a second career as owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers, the legacy and memories of former CEO Steven Anthony "Steve" Ballmer continues to live on at his former firm in unexpected ways.
This week a veteran Microsoft developer and principal software engineer, Raymond Chen, revealed for the first time that Steve Ballmer was responsible for crafting perhaps the most iconic failure message of all time -- the instructional text that appeared when you pressed or CTRL+ALT+DEL or if a system failure transported you to this unfortunate place.
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The emotional executive was none too pleased with the current state of the message. According to Mr. Chen, Mr. Ballmer complained:
This is nice, but I don't like the text of the message. It doesn't sound right to me.
Mr. Chen, who today is known internally as "Microsoft's Chuck Norris", recalls replying:
Okay, Steve. If you think you can do a better job, then go for it.
But Mr. Ballmer, showed he was more than just talk. As the Microsoft veteran recalls:
Unlike some other executive, Steve took up the challenge, and a few days later, he emailed what he thought the Ctrl+Alt+Del screen should say.
The text he came up with was actually quite good, and it went into the product pretty much word for word.
Thus it was Steve Ballmer who arguably deserves credit for creating the most famous failure message of all time -- the Blue Screen of Death (BSoD).
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Source (http://www.dailytech.com/Microsoft+Exec+Reveals+Steve+Ballmer+Created+Origi nal+Blue+Screen+of+Death+Message/article36512.htm)
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Answers Chuck Norris' challenge and creates The omnipresent U Mad screen from Hell ? This man is legit! :bowdown:
Microsoft Exec Reveals Steve Ballmer Created Original Blue Screen of Death Message
Dissatisfied with Windows 3.1 failure message, Mr. Ballmer created an almost loveable iconic failure message
While his days at Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) are over and he's engrossed in a second career as owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers, the legacy and memories of former CEO Steven Anthony "Steve" Ballmer continues to live on at his former firm in unexpected ways.
This week a veteran Microsoft developer and principal software engineer, Raymond Chen, revealed for the first time that Steve Ballmer was responsible for crafting perhaps the most iconic failure message of all time -- the instructional text that appeared when you pressed or CTRL+ALT+DEL or if a system failure transported you to this unfortunate place.
http://abload.de/img/bsod_constoso_error_m0rksp.jpg
The emotional executive was none too pleased with the current state of the message. According to Mr. Chen, Mr. Ballmer complained:
This is nice, but I don't like the text of the message. It doesn't sound right to me.
Mr. Chen, who today is known internally as "Microsoft's Chuck Norris", recalls replying:
Okay, Steve. If you think you can do a better job, then go for it.
But Mr. Ballmer, showed he was more than just talk. As the Microsoft veteran recalls:
Unlike some other executive, Steve took up the challenge, and a few days later, he emailed what he thought the Ctrl+Alt+Del screen should say.
The text he came up with was actually quite good, and it went into the product pretty much word for word.
Thus it was Steve Ballmer who arguably deserves credit for creating the most famous failure message of all time -- the Blue Screen of Death (BSoD).
http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/Steve_Ballmer_Name_Banner_Wide.jpg
Source (http://www.dailytech.com/Microsoft+Exec+Reveals+Steve+Ballmer+Created+Origi nal+Blue+Screen+of+Death+Message/article36512.htm)
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Answers Chuck Norris' challenge and creates The omnipresent U Mad screen from Hell ? This man is legit! :bowdown: