I found this great read over at Rougly Drafted Magazine, giving a great alternative viewpoint to the rumors that Apple might be selling its Pro Apps suite to a third party. A further interesting tidbit is the list below of the past release schedule at NAB’s gone by:

NAB 2000 Final Cut Pro 1.2.5 with support for 16:9 video format and native YUV color space, Matrox real time video cards.
NAB 2001 Final Cut Pro support for more real-time DV hardware from Pinnacle, Canopus and Matrox.
NAB 2002 DVD Studio Pro 1.5
NAB 2003 Final Cut Pro 4, LiveType, Soundtrack, Compressor, DVD Studio Pro 2, Shake 3.5
NAB 2004 Final Cut Pro HD, Motion, DVD Studio Pro 3
NAB 2005 Final Cut Studio, Motion 2
NAB 2006 Shake 4.1, 500,000 Final Cut users
NAB 2007 Final Cut Studio 2, Color, Motion 3, Final Cut Server. 800,000 Final Cut users

[From Is Apple Shedding its Final Cut Pro Apps at NAB? — RoughlyDrafted Magazine]

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