This is a fine place to start a thread on this subject. Although it could also be posted on the Digital SLRs or EVIL & Micro Four Thirds Cameras forums. I already saw it today and although I think I understand how you feel, I am ok with it.

The first thing you need to do is put the article in the context of the author who wrote it. He's primarily and HDR travel photographer. He doesn't really need all the speed and performance of a digital SLR. And I'm sure he'd rather travel with something smaller and lighter. That's why I took the Olympus E-P3 with me to Europe on my honeymoon last summer. And it was great!

The truth is, most photographers will be giving up little or nothing if they choose a compact system camera over a digital SLR system. The image quality and overall performance is as good and sometimes even better than a digital SLR - especially with Sony's NEX cameras, which have excellent APS-C sensors. I can totally see digital SLRs becoming specialty cameras for pro sports photographers or commercial photographers who demand the image quality of a full frame sensor. Lately, I've only been using my EOS 7D for sports events where I want my best glass and I need reliable continuous auto focus. For everything else, I've been using compact system cameras.