Dear ICANN, As a computer science graduate I've grown up in the time that Internet was still emerging as a new means for people to connect together. A means that is accessible by everyone no matter their financial situation.. this is so to allow education to people which don't afford it and a fighting chance for people of less privileged countries to make it in today's market. Selling out the .com TLD goes against all the freedom. I do understand that there are ever increasing expenses but by giving it to a 3rd party there is no control over prices by government bodies after the mentioned 8-10 year period passed. If the .com tld is sold we'd be selling a substantial part of the Internet. Stopping this will help future generations keep building better technologies without having to rely on large corporations My proposal is for ICANN to keep full control of the TLDs and regulate them as it has done in the past. Thank you for your time. Best Regards Thomas Agius