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Porsche spent their off time retooling. They've put out two new generations of the 911 (996 & 997), plus two entirely new models (Cayanne & Cayman), during their absense from the top couple of classes (and they're working on the Panamera). Porsche have been very active in GT2 the whole time despite all that.
Also, I don't buy that Porsche is merely complaining and politicking. Porsche didn't back down in the face of the 1968 regs, they built TWO new prototypes (908 AND 917). Porsche didn't back down from Group 4, 5, and 6; they built the 934 (GT), 935 (silhouette), and 936 (prototype). They remade the 936 just for 1981, and turned around the following year with the brand new Group C regs and turned out the 956, which evelved in 1985 to the 962. In the early 90s, they remade the 962, and one of Dauer's cars won in 1994. Then they came out with the WSC95 for the new WSC/GT! rules. Finally, in 1998, they came in with the 911-GT1-98. Porsche didn't hold back in those cases, so it seems EXTREMELY out of character for them to start now.
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