I read the same article and they also include the K200D, K10D, and Samsung GX10, as alternatives.
I especially like this quote from the article:
Those who want to make huge prints of their travel photos will love the K20D’s new 14.6-megapixel Samsung/Pentax image sensor—a pixel count exceeded only by Canon’s $8,000 pro EOS-1Ds Mark III among current 35mm-form-factor D-SLRs, and at a price less than some 10-megapixel models.
Perhaps, Pentax is beginning to get some respect...we can only hope.
Heather