Don't hold any hope.
Roxio is buying it to kill it twice, and gain points with the record industry.
Whatever form it takes is gonna be a bitch that will jump at the whims of the RIIA.
In a not too distant future roxio software won't let you duplicate or process copyrighted material, all this in cahoots with MS; does Palladium rings any bell out there?
This is not only sad news, but also as bad as it gets.