sad day 
JUCE is really important, and so always a bit scary when it changes hands - though I could possibly see PACE being an improvement… as long as it doesn’t tinker too much with the GPL and licensing model.
its really sad, that it looks like Jules is staying with Roli (and doing SOUL there), Juce without Jules at the helm is a concern. (even if he is going to have some kind of ‘advisory role’)
also, it does point to Roli have financial issues… and really sad to hear that they have not shipped all the Lumi to kickstarters (Id not followed after I dropped out).
I really hope Roli can pull thru this.