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So basically it wasn't actually about the graphics standard (VGA), but the bus standard the graphics cards used. NEC invented a bus that became more common than IBM's, which put VESA (to whom NEC gave the bus) in a greater position of power to influence future graphics standards. Does that summarize it accurately?
