I think this answer some of your questions about the history of OpenGL and how it became so fragmented: https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/88055/51

I think this answer some of your questions about the history of OpenGL and how it became so fragmented: https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/88055/51669 https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/88055/51669