All the ISPs really need to do is a little education.
ISPs seem to put everything else in their Terms of Service, why not this? During the sign up process the user could be presented with instructions for basic security measures. It might not work in all cases, but I think it will reduce the number of cases.
For ISPs who dish out CDs to sign up, the virus checker and personal firewall should be on the CD. Virus checkers seem to be included on CDs bundled with motherboards.
The general public needs education but they will not bother to learn if it is too much effort.
If any computer company does not have some loyalty to its users, it will not BE profitable, as long as the users have other options.
Agreed, to a certain extent. Are there any other options? Just because some arrogant sod wants something doesn't mean they will get it, it's always nice to ask though.
When Amigas became less popular what did we do about games that were on other platforms (mainly PC, but Myst was there somewhere)? Answer: Some nice fellows got licenses and ported them for us.
Same with Linux. Loki Software stepped in and made some games available.
Mac users had a fair bit of a "community" last time I looked. Do something about it, show that you are interested and, maybe, UbiSoft or some other company may decide that it is worthwile to create a Mac version.
I hate to be drawn in by this comment:
Quit being a Brit.
What exactly does being a Brit have to do with a statement about moving to a communist area or writing your own software? No, really, I would like to know.
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ISPs seem to put everything else in their Terms of Service, why not this? During the sign up process the user could be presented with instructions for basic security measures. It might not work in all cases, but I think it will reduce the number of cases.
For ISPs who dish out CDs to sign up, the virus checker and personal firewall should be on the CD. Virus checkers seem to be included on CDs bundled with motherboards.
The general public needs education but they will not bother to learn if it is too much effort.
Agreed, to a certain extent. Are there any other options? Just because some arrogant sod wants something doesn't mean they will get it, it's always nice to ask though.
When Amigas became less popular what did we do about games that were on other platforms (mainly PC, but Myst was there somewhere)? Answer: Some nice fellows got licenses and ported them for us.
Same with Linux. Loki Software stepped in and made some games available.
Mac users had a fair bit of a "community" last time I looked. Do something about it, show that you are interested and, maybe, UbiSoft or some other company may decide that it is worthwile to create a Mac version.
I hate to be drawn in by this comment:
What exactly does being a Brit have to do with a statement about moving to a communist area or writing your own software? No, really, I would like to know.