3 Quotes by Geir Rasmussen

Fragmentation is a concern both to ICANN and us because of end user confusion.

There has been conflict with ICANN about who should govern the Internet. We wouldn't be surprised if the Internet became fragmented, because some areas of the world really don't feel included.

Users might lose trust in the system if there are multiple versions of the same domains. If someone launched a .name in a different root, you as an end user could not be sure which root you were using. It would be like having a phone number that points to two different people.