Maybe, but Microsoft suceed because the products work and the marketing is spot-on. These days, employers don't want skills in wordproccessing or spreadsheets from employees, they want Word and Excel skills because these packages are the standard.
I'm not a computer geek, just a guy who wants to get things done.
Bill Gates frankly gets a lot of flack. The guy donates big time to charity causes and yet gets demonised as if he's Gordon Gecko! If people want a corporate numbskull to have a pop at, take aim at GM Chairman Bob Lutz, who claimed (amusingly) that global warming is a "a crock of sh*t."