It sounds like D&M is keeping the name. SigmaTel is getting the IP behind all the players. Presumably sigmatel will then give the IP back to D&M, and also give it away to anyone else that wants it. Of course, they'll only give away the IP that makes it easy to use sigmatel chips, which is not the Karma/Empeg. Does D&M keep the karma code? Does sigmatel burry the code in a hole in the back yard so no one else can use it? Pure speculation, but perhaps this is the reason we've been seeing the alpha releases now, as there may not be a later. (I'm not complaining, I know the empeg guys are entirely capable of building releases just to be nice to us, so this may not be the reason...)

Matthew