Lightroom vs IMatch

I have used IMatch for my image library. To day I have about 25 000 files in that database.
Can Lightroom do a better job for managing a big amount of pictures, or do we have to have a another program for that job, ex: IMatch or ACDsee? It is a lot of job to tag all those pictures, and make a lot of collections and keywords. But if Lightroom is the best for the future, I`ll do it. (I use WinXP)
I look forward to your advice.
Øyvind Betten

Ron,
While you may be satisfied with LR's present features as a DAM, the point you make that LR has all the same features that you will find in mature DAMs simply is not the case at this point, though it may be some day. One prominent feature of Iview that LR does not have, for example, is automatic update of folders--all folders are 'watched' if you want them to be. Updating changes made to files from outside LR is much more time consuming and complicated. LR has RAW develop features that DAMs do not have, as you say.
There are already several threads on this subject. A search on "Iview", as an example, will get you into a rather full discussion of this. "Is Lightroom the right product for us?" is one of the specific threads that deals with LR vs Iview.
Which DAM to use really depends upon one's overall managment requirements.

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