 In October they granted distribution rights to the existing designs of machines to Castle Technology to supply the former Workstation market's dealer network, sold their 50% interest in Xemplar Education to Apple Computer in Jan 1999, and in March 1999, RISCOS Ltd acquired a licence to develop and release RISC OS.By January 1999, Acorn Computers Ltd. had renamed to Element 14 Limited (though still owned by Acorn Group plc), this change was to reflect the changed nature of the business and to distance itself from the education market that Acorn Computers was most known for.Other names had been considered by the company, but the website "e-14.com" had been registered before the official announcement.