The (almost) direct counter example is Aperture. That was the “Pro” photo application and it was killed for seemingly no reason with no notice. It’s fairly reasonable to be pessimistic about this acquisition given that history.

Logic and FinalCut are from the time when Apple cared about software and especially pro software.

In the past decade these apps even disappeared from their main menu on Apple.com where they used to have a prominent spot.

Can you point to a newer acquisition of great software that is still being developed?

I really, really hope you’re right about that.