“When it rains it pours” goes the old saying, and with Adobe snagging Pixmantec and now Microsoft grabbing iView, digital workflow companies seem to be vanishing left and right.  iView Multimedia is the maker of MediaPro, an image cataloging application that is quite popular.  One difference between this acquisition and that of Adobe/Pixmantec, is that Microsoft will keep the product line intact and continue to sell both the Mac and Windows versions.

It is important for current iView customers and those considering buying iView products to know the following:

  * All iView products will continue to be sold on the iView web site and through many of iView’s existing partners/channel. Existing customers and new customers who buy iView products will continue to receive full support, per their iView software agreements.
  * Macintosh versions of iView products will continue to be available and fully supported.
  * Users of iView products will be offered promotional upgrade pricing for any future products that Microsoft releases that are based on the existing iView products.
  * Users of earlier versions of iView MediaPro (pre v3.x) and iView Media will continue to qualify for upgrades to the version 3.x product line, and can upgrade now and in the future to the latest version.

Therefore, customers can continue to use and buy iView products knowing that they will be fully supported as Microsoft evolves the iView product line in the future, for both Windows and Macintosh platforms.