Dexter, there are only 2 full-featured, pro photo programmes out there. By full-featured I mean, image management, image adjustment and image printing, all under one roof. They are Apple Aperture and Adobe Lightroom. Both can use Photoshop as an external editor for specialized work. Both programmes are true professional-quality programmes that are used by a vast number of professional photographers around the world. Any professional will keep an open mind and use the tool that best allows him to accomplish his/her goals. Some choose Aperture, some choose Lightroom, for their own reasons.

You are certainly are entitled to your opinion, but you simply cannot make blanket statements, as if you speak for every professional out there. Get a life! You don't like Aperture? No problem. Use the software that works best for you. Just don't insult me because of my choice... which, like thousands of other photographers, happens to be Aperture.