As far as I know, it's still in limbo, tied up with Canon's legal department. Just a guess, but I would expect it sometime around NAB in April.

Thanks Chris.

This could be good news. It most likely means that GlueTools have have finally completed negotiations with Canon & will not be selling or supporting the plug-in themselves.

I just had a reply from Glue Tools after I contacted them asking what the status of the plug-in was.

Apparently they no longer own the package & another company has purchased the product from them. They are not at liberty to talk about the acquisition of the software.

The "other company" that has purchased the plug-in from GlueTools is, as I have reported earlier in this thread, Canon USA.

Assuming that Canon aren't buying up the product in order to kill it I wonder whether they intend to supply it for free with the 1D Mk IV, 5D Mk II & 7D in future as part of the package along with their other software. They don't appear to be in the business of selling other software.

I also wonder what the implication of Canon USA purchasing the Glue Tools product has for those outside the USA.

I'm pretty sure that the task of answering these questions for themselves is part of the reason behind Canon USA's lengthy delay in releasing this software.