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>> sandra: fox news alert now from texas where his family says ross perot has passed away. the two-time presidential candidate and self-made billionaire was 89 years old. welcome back to "americas newsroom." im sandra smith. >> bill: im bill hemmer. good morning to you. grew up in poverty during the great depression. he made a fortune during the computer industry, but he went on to play a pivotal role in the 1992 election. he won about 19% of the boat that year, and that helped, many believe, pr...

On the global computer industry. >> this is jennifer aniston. im matthew perry. were here to see mr. bill gates about a possible starring role in the video guide to microsoft windows 95. >> all the employees of microsoft have been invited to a huge party in a tent over there on the microsoft campus. guess what song we could hear blaring out of there? you got it. rolling stones "start me up." >> windows 95 was the most successful software launch to this day. everybody, whether they really wanted ...

Entrepreneurs artist. >> you can 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 adding a surre...

And apple had a crisis of confidence. >> at a time when major computer corporations like apple are laying off 10% of their workforce, microsoft is the big exception in the computer industry. >> people didnt get how much value there was to be derived from software. that the operating system could be the most valuable piece of real estate in the whole computing business was something not understood by almost anybody in the computer industry apart from bill gates. [ cheers and applause ] >> today w...

Things in common with other americans, factory loggers, workers, coal miners, all of them, and many more have seen their way of life disappear, thanks to technology or outsourcing or private equity. this kind of thing has been going on a long time. now in previous cycles of what we used to call to creative destruction, they had new advice for blue-collar workers, just learn to code, coding is a future pair to stop whining and embrace it. heres a selection of headlines that you might remember on ...

Which they presented as the worlds best browser. it wasnt. you know, microsoft stuff never is the best. but it was well marketed and it was pushed, and they had a lot of money behind it. >> here came microsoft with its own version of a web browser built into windows 95. their intention was to kill netscape as the browser and make internet explorer its replacement. >> five, four, three, two, one. zero. >> a consumer feeding frenzy. many computer stores like this one in miami opened at the stroke ...

Most part, never reached the market. and apple had a crisis of confidence. >> at a time when major computer corporations like apple are laying off 10% of their workforce, microsoft is the big exception in the computer industry. >> people didnt get how much value there was to be derived from software. that the operating system could be the most valuable piece of real estate in the whole computing business was something not understood by almost anybody in the computer industry apart from bill gate...

>> 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 adding a surreal touch. inside...

Which they presented as the worlds best browser. it wasnt. microsoft stuff never is the best but it was well marketed and it was pushed and they had a lot of money behind it. >> here came microsoft with its own version of a web browser built into windows 95. their intention was to kill netscape as the browser and make internet explorer its replacement. >> five, four, three, two, one, zero. >> a consumer feeding frenzy. many computer stores like this one in miami opened at the stroke of midnight ...

Entrepreneur. steve jobs represents the entrepreneurs 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 bil...