curves. it was built like a sports car. when people think of computers they think of boring, beige, they think of it as utilitarian. apple made it fun. you can take it home, take it out of the box and be cruising the internet within ten minutes. and that s not something you can do on any other computer we know of. he added software to make it easier to connect to the internet. so the i in imac was for internet. it changed how people thought of apple. and changed how people perceived what had been a dying company, suddenly people saw that there was a spark here. in the world of computers, it s kill or be killed. and the original whiz kid was thought to be dying an early death, but guess what? mac is back. a year ago, nobody would have predicted this. steve jobs, the head man at apple computer, hailed as the visionary hero who brought the company back from the verge of extinction. in 4 1/2 months imac has become the number one selling computer in america. bill gates ultim
in the world of computers, it s kill or be killed. and the original whiz kid was thought to be dying an early death, but guess what? mac is back. a year ago, nobody would have predicted this. steve jobs, the head man at apple computer, hailed as the visionary hero who brought the company back from the verge of extinction. in 4 1/2 months imac has become the number one selling computer in america. while bill gates ultimately represents the computer genius entrepreneur, steve jobs represents the entrepreneur s artist. and you could say what you want about steve jobs, but he knew how to make people believe. in federal court in washington, d.c., today, a case of legal hardball and computer software. the u.s. government set out to prove that computer industry giant microsoft tried to bully the competition illegally into submission or out of business. as microsoft and justice department lawyers came to do battle at the federal courthouse, a bill gates impersonator showed up ad
beyond his history, his experience in running the u.s. attorney s office in the eastern district of virginia here s a really interesting other thing to know about the man who mike pence chose as his personal lawyer. this is not some whipper snapper, some up and coming whiz kid at the start of his career. the guy mike pence just chose to be his private lawyer for these investigations has been around for a long while. one of the things he s known for in his career is the very interesting role he s had in other big republican presidential scandals. and in our washington studios now former air force general richard seacourt in the contra supply operation. general, those are strong accusations against you. it is hard for the public, i would guess, to accept the fact that in the interest of keeping project democracy alive a lot of people were making money according to senator paul tribble and you among them.
of that it sort of seems like a wise move by vice president mike pence today that he has not only hired a private lawyer, private counsel to look out for his individual interests of the investigations. that seems wise for sure. it seems particularly wise that out of all the lawyers in the world who mike pence might have picked he chose a guy who happens to be the former u.s. attorney from the eastern district of virginia. that makes total sens. that seems like an incredibly rational choice given what we know about the progress of the investigation, where it s taking place, who the personnel are that are involved in it. but it s interesting. beyond so mike pence picked this guy as his new attorney. beyond his history, his experience in running the u.s. attorney s office in the eastern district of virginia here s really interesting other thing to know about the man who mike pence chose as his pernal lawyer. this is not some whipper snapper, some up and coming whiz
that s a word i can t even pronounce let alone spell. we ll show you if this whiz kid pulled it up. stay with us on msnbc. your lyes andives and how you live them that is the undeniable legacy of you, the men and women, i call the greatest generation. you probably know xerox as the company