Well, in that case, me.Sure, the reality of who would/could buy D&D wouldn't likely be very promising. Fortunately, I'm not interested in that. I'd like to know who you would like to buy it.
This is kind of how I feel too. I think that any established company will try and shoehorn D&D into whatever their flagship TTRPG ruleset is, and I don't think that'd work. If some unknown game designer ended up with it god only knows what they'd turn it into. I'm not saying that they couldn't improve the game but as has been stated on these boards before how much can you change the game before it stops being the same game. Seeing as WotC has owned D&D for 27 years now, which is longer than TSR did, I don't see the IP surviving another major edition change if its done by anyone other than WotC. I say this because most likely a good portion of the current player base don't even remember TSR owning the brand if they were even born yet, so to them WotC is probably synonymous with D&D. Myself, I'd just find another game to play.No one. Let the IP die.
4. Michael Bay. Let the RPG die, and turn D&D into some exploding-dragons constant-action movie franchise.1. Kobold Press
2. Paizo
3. ENworld
I would love D&D in the hands of one of the following.
1. Green Ronin if they put Steve Kenson in charge. I liked GR's 3e D&D stuff- especially, the stuff Steve wrote.
2. Pinnacle Entertainment Group for a change in mechanics: I would love to see Dark Sun, Ravenloft, and Greyhawk using Savage Worlds mechanics.