iView joins Microsoft

iView Multimedia, makers of popular media management software iView Media, and iView Media Pro have 'joined' (aka 'been acquired by) Microsoft.

What this acquisition will mean for you, our customers, is that together we face a bigger and brighter future in managing your creative workflow. The product that was born on the Mac will remain on the Mac as well as on the Windows operating system. All iView products will continue to be sold on the iView website and through our partners and channel. Bottom line: You all can continue to use and buy iView products knowing that they will be fully supported as Microsoft evolves the products in the future on both the Windows and Mac platforms.

I use iView Media, but not as my primary management app, so I'm not amazingly dependent on them. If I were, however, I think this announcement would be making me rather nervous, especially as I'm one of their Mac based users.

[via DPReview: Microsoft acquires iView]