On the windows platform. What software other than Bridge, Lightroom & C1 are capable of viewing Phase One files for editing purposes.
Adobe Camera Raw, Irrident Raw Developer and Raw Photo Processor are all capable of processing Phase One raws natively but make poor browsers for editing.
So yes, Bridge, Lightroom, and C1 3 or C1 4.
Any other editing software will only be able to view the very low res embeded preview file. Depending on what you're editing this is either useless or of some limited use. For those doing tons of keywording programs like iView can be useful, but again will only show the 450x600ish (or smaller for some back models) preview.
All that said, why not C1 4? Especially with either training (which we provide) or with enough time with your nose in the manual, this software is INCREDIBLE for editing of large volumes of images. I use it to edit through other peoples weddings (one of my side jobs) and going through thousands of images, applying/copying/spanning adjustments, ranking/selecting/editing, and comparing similar images is REALLY fast. Of course I'm using an 8 core mac which is built for speed (e.g. multiple isolated hard drives).
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