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Glock's innovations are two. One has been noted: cheap manufacturing of a high-quality weapon, from a former radiator manufacturer.
The second is marketing. It was a brilliant stroke to go after the U.S. LEA market, offering steeply discounted, but still profitable prices, and letting LEOs become unwitting Glock representatives.
Finally, Glock had a knack (not sure it still does since the marketing guy left...) of turning every potential into a positive. The "invisible to airport x-ray" controversy was a six-month unpaid multi-million dollar ad campaign of which Glock took full advantage.
Simple design, cheap to produce and brilliantly marketed...oh, yeah...the Glock also just happens to work. They deserve their success. But...what after Gaston?
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