Microsoft Acquires iView

Microsoft has acquired iView multimedia, a small company developing well-known photo editing and management applications.
For Microsoft this is an additional acquisition joining the impressive list of start-up companies now own by Redmond's Giant.
Microsoft seems to be following Apple, which couple of years ago, acquired many IT start-ups to built up its iApps, and other Pro applications.
There is a very nice website (in French) describing Apple's history, and especially from Steve Jobs' return to Apple: Aventure Apple .