Bibble 5 Software Delayed Again?
A Bibble support staff (username: cvermillion) has just left a message on DPReview that there will not be a full release of Bibble 5 Professional Workflow Software before the end this month (January). To be fair to Bibble, they had only committed to deliver a public preview version of Bibble 5 no later than the end of January 2009. According to Bibble, a public preview version “let’s users try out most of the new features”.
Even if we see a public preview within the next day or two, the question remains – how far out is the actual release of Bibble 5? Software development always takes longer than even the most pessimistic projections. Think back to the endless delays for the release of Windows Vista, for example. Hopefully, for Bibble 5 the delay is months and not years.
The competitors are not standing still. Adobe ACR has improved a lot recently as has Canon’s DPP (Digital Photo Professional) software. More delays will mean lost business for Bibble. In the meantime, Bibble 4 still does a great job converting RAW files to 16-bit TIFFs!
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