Olympus 32MB SmartMedia Upgrade On Hold?

Reported by my friends at The Imaging-Resource is the following:

"We were all set to send our Olympus D-600L off to Oly to get upgraded to 32-meg capability, when we received a copy of an email from Olympus, forwarded to us by reader Robert Berkert, indicating that Olympus has "suspended the program until further notice". No explanation was given, but we have calls into our contacts at Oly, to see if we can find out what the status is. This program was to have begun April 1, and we've received no official notification from Oly that it has been called off, so it's all a little strange-seeming at this point. We fervently hope that Oly hasn't chosen to drop this service: Olympus has stood alone among digicam manufacturers in their commitment to their customer base, and we'd hate to see them lose that position!"