Ever noticed the eagerness to balkanise post communist eastern Europe a few years ago ?
From the guardian.co.uk
Competing domain-name systems would probably balkanise cyberspace.
From the economist.com
Sun Microsystems-Java's inventor-is suing Microsoft for attempting to balkanise Java into different versions.
From the economist.com
It will also tend to balkanise the race.
From the economist.com
They suggest that complex market relationships, comprised of myriad rights deals and varyingly compatible technical standards, can fragment and balkanise a marketplace.