>VESA came up with a slightly faster bus standard for the next generation of graphics cards, one just fast enough to meet the needs of 486 users.
from 5MB/s to 133MB/s not a massive leap, just slightly faster, ok :)
>Intel didn’t exactly make that point clear to the companies supporting the VESA standards body until it was too late for them to react.
Those companies didnt care. Adding VLB to a 486 motherboard cost below 1$ by reusing excess stock of failed standard MCA connectors. Adding PCI meant big expensive PCI bridge chip or developing next generation chipset and impedance matched PCB to satisfy PCI reflected wave switching requirements. VLB was a quick hack to give users what was needed at the time at the price they were willing to pay. Market wasnt ready to pay for PCI in 1992, two years later cost came down to earth.