regarding graphic design and art skills on the PC, my recollection of Microsoft competing with Apple was that the frat guys and outsourcers at MSFT specifically

regarding graphic design and art skills on the PC, my recollection of Microsoft competing with Apple was that the frat guys and outsourcers at MSFT specifically outsourced any artwork to get it as cheaply as possible, and actively mocked expensive graphic designers, in much the same way they actively mocked business rivals -- loudly jeering.