The developers are still the same ones as before.
You mean ownership that is the one thing that keeps changing.

But yes C6 is coming soon.
it was mention at DAZ forums that it has Dynamic hair, fur, displacement modeling, NLA, DAZ Studio Content support etc.

Quote - I was a little concerned. Carrara seems to be one of those footballs that gets passed around from developer to developer. I'd like to see it stay with one for a while - I hope Daz puts together a great version 6 (and 7, and 8...). I've got 5 Pro right now, so I won't be taking advantage of the offer, but it's nice to know version 6 is imminent.