[Leica] Leica modifying M-mount for digital M?

[rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)]

I have just read in another list, from a quite reliable source not 
completely unknown on the LUG, that Leica plans to modify the M-mount 
for the digital M:

>The Leica M digital will have a modified M-mount
>with a bar code which tells the camera the focal length.
>The correct frameline will then be electronically changed.
>While Leica will sell kits at about $125 each to update Leica
>M lenses to the M digital it remains to be seen if those kits can
>be used on non Leica made lenses.

My personal comment: The only reason to buy such a (anyway 
overpriced) camera is when one has a closet full of M and LTM lenses. 
If one needs to "upgrade" every lens for $125 to make it functional 
on the digital M (and maybe even non-functional on the film bodies), 
he might as well change the system. Leica - one step forward, two 
steps backwards.

Didier

ps: the R-D1 is getting more and more interesting for me - it takes 
M-mount lenses!
;-)