Because it might have made an interesting story if it had been.

Beyond being able to state that fact, it also allows anyone who wants to earn more see specifically what factors they might be able to change to do so.

It's pretty clear that a lot of /.'s commenters aren't on board with the MS train, but sitting in the private sector I.T. industry, it's all about products and services being fit for purpose, and MS still have the perception of that to almost anyone in business that I know or deal with. That's not to say that it's completely correct, or that other products/services/options aren't there, (Libre Office definitely has value as an alternative) but such a majority wont even contemplate it for a heap of reasons both real and perceived. With all that said, if a decent OS that goes free, or anything but subscription based before MS make subscription Windows the only option, I think there could be an interesting tussle. And now I'm back to trying to convince 70+ year old directors that cloud services are NOT weather dependent.