Comment Re:You can't compete with root. (Score 1) 276
The 'trusted' part is probably the root (excuse the pun) of the idea in the first place. Just because it is non-profit, doesn't mean it is immune from outside forces, sometimes political, in all senses of the word. There are many that question some of the decisions that are made, for all kinds of reasons, and the questions become doubt, which breed mistrust.. and so on. Even it's handling on who gets the ever shrinking IPv4 space is highly controversial.