From the Dark Side: Bill Gates Praises Apple

in a News.com interview before his keynote address to the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. He said:

"[Apple] is a company that's had three hits, and that's very impressive. There are a lot of companies that don't have three hits. And in the same way that Macintosh helped get people exposed to the graphical user interface, the iPod is doing a great job getting people to think about digital music."

The three hits he mentioned are the Apple II, Macintosh and iPod. [Dana Baggett]