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IIRC they contracted some devs for a one time payment to make it, then proceeded to laugh to the bank while strangling the market over the years.
To be fair, there is a whole lot more to selling software than just making it. There's this myth out there if you just build the right software at the right time, success is guaranteed. But in reality all of the success stories from the past had many competitors, often with better made software. There's many factors that go into it, luck is a big factor and upfront cash is also a big one (especially nepotism is a common theme).
Ya, it takes a massive amount of time and effort to make sure you are born into a family where your mother is on the board of the one and only client big enough to set the standard for the rest of the industry.