>> there was an alliance now between these two former arch rivals, and microsoft was going to invest $150 million in apple. but more important, from bill gates' point of view, was that apple would include microsoft's browser in all macintoshes. that was the last piece. now he had domination of the browser world. >> microsoft says internet explorer just makes it easier to get around the web. but when you hit a button to access services for travel, entertainment, news and the like, you find sites owned by microsoft. and that's what the government is worried about. over the next few years, americans may be buying billions of dollars in goods and services through the internet. and that's a market too important, the government says, for one company to act as gatekeeper. >> the u.s. justice department asked a federal court today to fine microsoft corporation a record $1 million a day. >> the complaint against microsoft came from executives