Not at all arbitrary. Some organizations do a much better job than others maintaining, developing and generally being good Internet citizens. We've had much goo

Not at all arbitrary. Some organizations do a much better job than others maintaining, developing and generally being good Internet citizens. We've had much good come from the Dutch, German and Swedish TLDs for example (but also many others). They also have a self interest in handling conflicts responsibly and being proactive about new laws, and the juridical status of domain ownership, because they're in it for the long run. I wish I could say the same about for example Verisign...