Bibble was one of the first third-party raw converters, and one of the few that pushed back when Nikon started encrypting white balance data. Corel has acquired Bibble and announced that it will use the core technology in a new workflow product called AfterShot to be announced at PMA this week. Unfortunately for Bibble users, the current 5.2.3 version is to be the last, as Bibble is now to be discontinued and no longer available for sale.
It's always sad to see a pioneer disappear, but particularly so in this case because Bibble was at the forefront of many raw conversion capabilities and trends. Let's hope that the technology finds a good home with its new owner and in a new product. One other thing to note: AfterShot will only support Intel Macs. PowerPC users have suffered another casualty.