From what I saw at NAB, Sony is positioning Vegas as part of an overall workflow/asset management system they are developing. Some of the new visually based search tools were very interesting, and available directly from a menu option in Vegas itself. What they demo’d went way beyond Adobes’ bridge product. What that means is if they get it into broadcast stations, field setups using Vegas could become an important part of the overall system. Much like laptop based Avid systems are used to pull things into full Avid suites.
This isn’t to say Independent movie makers like myself are left out in the cold, just that Sony is definitely backing Vegas for a variety of uses.
Joe C.