I am also pessimistic. Bigger usually doesn't mean better. Good intentions usually fall before the need to acquire the almighty dollar when Big Business gets involved.

Rounder has done an admirable job over the years producing things of great value that just didn't sell well enough to justify their existence if Rounder had been an ordinary company.

Thank Alison Krauss and others like her whose loyalty and drawing power made these small labors of love possible. What will happen now?