If Olympus has a Majoli who can produce prize-winning work with a C-5050, why would they spend millions of $$ on developing a digital RF, new lens line, plus the marketing expense? Here's a Magnum photographer who shoots in the RF style and uses a "prosumer" digicam for a lot of important work. What's better marketing than that?
Don't get me wrong, I would love to see it, and a designer such as Maitani (or get Isao Edatsune to come on over) could pull it off from a technical standpoint. But it's not going to happen.
Now, if I could get a digicam with decent sensor performance, a kick-butt zoom lens and a mode that allows me to use the controls in manual mode (i.e, all the auto stuff turned off or custom settings accessible through one-button click), and a good optical VF, I could "settle" for that. Barrett would say the C-8080 fits that bill, and I trust him, so I may end up with that one. When the time comes, there may be other options so we'll see.