I suspect Gates' business methods were relied on because the product was so mediocre. If your product is mediocre, then you can't really depend on it to sell i

I suspect Gates' business methods were relied on because the product was so mediocre. If your product is mediocre, then you can't really depend on it to sell itself, can you? So you have to use whatever leverage you can get to get it adopted and to keep out competition.