As (pardon the pun) an avid Aperture and FCE user, I would be somewhat less than thrilled with Apple selling this off. I invested in these products (as opposed to buying Lightroom and Adobe video software) because software is essentially on a subscription model, and I trusted Apple to continue to innovate and provide ever-improving interfaces and underlying technologies.
And that's precisely the reaction this article is meant to create...
Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt - The enemy's chief weapon against Apple.
Indeed their only weapon since innovation isn't one of them.
The simple rule of thumb with any article about Apple is that if they seek to do damage to Apple's current or future reputation they are in 99% of cases total FUD - and in that sense seek to become self-fulfilling prophecy.
Think about what Apple has actually done in the last 5 years vs the endless rumors of faltering or impending woe. - how many of them turned out to be true ? Apple just keeps booming - and these endless articles just keep telling us how it's 'going to be worse soon' and how great the other stuff really is...
Anyway, back on point;
For example : Apple bought Emagic and immediately stopped the PC version - to get Logic users to buy macs.
There is no way Apple is going to trust their creative 'industry standard' niche.
