The 4/3rds system has a place in the photographic world and absolutely the current status quo should be challenged.

The potential danger from this statement as I see it is that the 'showdown' - and I appreciate this may be a partial mis-translation - distracts Olympus from the business of building a broad user base and in the event of a failure to significantly penetrate the pro market the whole edifice comes crashing down because Oly have neglected the regular consumer...