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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 a gate keeper. >> 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 manu...

We're here to see mr. gates on a possible video guide to microsoft windows 95. >> all of the employees have been invited to a huge party in a tent on the microsoft campus. guess what song we could hear. >> reporter: you got it, rolling stones, "start me up." >> windows 95 was the most successful software launch to this day. everybody whether they really wanted to nor 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. while the challenge for microsoft is to stay there with th...

Technological clash, a clash for power. bill gates had to turn microsoft like a super tanker around to have it address the internet. the way they did that was by coming up with internet explorer which they presents as the world's best browser. it wasn't. microsoft stuff never is the best but it was well market 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...

Have it address the internet. the way they did that was by coming up with internet explorer which they presents as the world's best browser. it wasn't. microsoft stuff never is the best but it was well market 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 custom...

Industry. >> we're here to see bill gates in the video guide to windows 95. >> all of 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. 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 be allowed to use their song is a sign of a company at the peak of its powers. the challenge for microsoft is to stay there. the race is now on to exploit the internet ...