I may be reiterating something that's been said in other threads, but the article I read said that D&M were still interested, but couldn't get it together in time for the direct sale. Now they'll have to deal with an auction instead. This may mean that they wanted it for a lesser price than SonicBlue was offering it for pre-auction, or it may just mean that they didn't have enough time.

IANACPA.
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