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Which they presented as the world's best browser. it wasn't. 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 of midnight so customers could be the first to get their hands on windows 95. ♪ check out window...

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 at netscape, a fast growing software company that struck gold with its web browser, but microsoft began giving away its own browser and required computer manufacturers to offer it with windows. >> what they're able to do is they're able to, illeg...

>> all the employees of microsoft have been invited to a huge party in a tent on the microsoft campus. guess what song we could hear blaring out of there? you guessed it, rolling stones "start me up." >> windows 95 was the most successful software launch to this day. everybody, whether they really wanted to or not, went out and got windows 95. >> getting the rolling stones to allow their music to be used in the ad launch tonight is the sign of a company at the peak of its powers. the challenge for microsoft is to stay there. with the race now on to exploit the internet, it may soon be microsof...

Power that's there. >> windows 95 was the first time that microsoft really got the graphical user interface right. it was much more stable than previous versions. it was much easier to use and it was much better looking. it made the windows pc for the first time as easy as a mac but it was a lot cheaper than a mac, so this is nearly the last nail in apple's coffin. >> steve jobs, he runt read was to surrender. >> steve. >> he returned to apple in 1997 and the company was on the verge on bankruptcy. jobs needed -- >> steve jobs always understood that his product was more than just the hardware....

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 a 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 at netscape, a fast growing software company that struck gold with its web browser but microsoft began giving away its own browser and required computer manufacturers to offer it with windows. >> what they're able to do is illegally we believe us...