thanks for the link jyson.
and yes there are new theories about the evolution of feathers. feathers have nothing to do with what makes a bird a bird. it is its body structure. even if t-rex had feathers, it would still be considered a dinosaur and not a large flightless bird. we are learning that even more dinos might have had feathers than previously thought. for example, the ever popular raptors are thought to have had feathers.