Microsoft Corp has acquired iView Multimedia
I have been a fan of, and relatively heavy user of, iView Multimedia's products for a while now. I have even been using Media Pro 3.0 as a quick browse/select tool for images before importing them into Aperture. But I have also been gradually moving away from iView as I get my head more firmly around Aperture's workflow paradigms. So I find myself ambivalent (at best) about this aquisition.
I suppose Microsoft decided that it needed to work in the DAM/Workflow space, and decided to buy rather than roll their own (which seems to be a bit of an M$ M.O., if you'll excuse my editorializing).
I remain to be convinced that this will be in the best interest of the Macintosh and iView using public.
