Those quotes from Enno explain that the Sooloos was reimagined 5 years ago, starting fresh, and that it turned into a HP product (the JLR stuff never went anywhere).

We did indeed put in a ton of design development effort into what was next for Meridian Sooloos. That project never shipped for various business and product reasons. I think this is what some people feel let down by. Sorry guys, product building has its ups and downs. No one was let down by this more than Enno and I.

Forming Roon Labs was a solution to long term business strategy on both sides. It will result in great product for everyone: Meridian, Roon, and others. It will also open up new possibilities, not deemed viable before.

I'll give you one example of many: I never could get Airplay support into Sooloos for various reasons. However, we all have kids' rooms or kitchens that don't require the quality and cost that Meridian endpoints carry. Roon will allow you to throw an Airplay capable speaker in those locations (like the Libratone line or the B&W A5/A7), or use the AppleTV2 you might already have there, and use the same interface and music library everywhere. As Roon, this offering doesn't hurt Meridian's impeccable quality offering by introducing a far inferior product in the system. Roon wins by giving you the same experience in non-Meridian setups, Meridian wins by being able to be paired with people that require these setups, and users win by having options.

Moving forward with Sooloos I believe the Meridian folks do indeed have a new strategy. I have only heard back channel talk, and don't have any official word. Roon + Sooloos has been discussed many times, and the possibility of Roon running on Sooloos/Meridian hardware has been on the table.

I'm with you, in that I also look forward to seeing their roadmap :-)