This is an interesting analysis, put together from various email lists and discussions, about aspects of the Windows Vista operating system that are designed to protect commercial content. One point worth noting is that Vista will "downgrade" output (sound or video) if material is protected by Digital Rights Management and you are attempting to display or hear it using certain types of hardware. It notes a scenario where uncompressed medical images would be downgraded for display at a lower quality, without any warning, if the user is playing DRM protected music or other material at the same time they are attempting to look at the image. There are also other notes about Vista potentially closing certain types of hardware, making it incompatible with Linux, Mac or even certain types of Windows software.
The article is worth a quick read for potential issues it raises for possible Fair Use scenarios in content use or other problems that might crop up in an academic environment using Vista.
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