The article started off okay, but then when he suggested requiring licences to use a computer and removing infected machines from owners by court order it got c

The article started off okay, but then when he suggested requiring licences to use a computer and removing infected machines from owners by court order it got completely ridiculous. We should be working towards making it even easier to get people online, not constructing more artificial barriers to prevent it. If someone choses to remain ignorant and not learn about their computer (leading to an infected machine) this is not a legal problem. Getting more people access to the largest information medium in human history is the goal, sure some will use it for trivial purposes, but that isn't our concern and certainly not our prerogative to regulate it. This article incorrectly assumes there is no future for both the computer as an 'appliance' and as a more powerful tool and I think we can be assured there is.