Short answer: Too many cooks in the kitchen, and too many of 'em motivated to make it more complicated.
A computer standard that is still widely avoided almost 30 years after it became official is a computer standard that should have been tossed in the bin before the ink was dry.
A computer standard that is still widely avoided almost 30 years after it became official is a computer standard that should have been tossed in the bin before the ink was dry.