In the Letterman tradition:

Reason #5: MS Alpha-testers were too hung-over from the "We Made Visual Studio 6!" party to notice it.
Reason #4: A new Fox Team coder is an ex-Ashton/Tate employee on a suicide mission.
Reason #3: A lousy attempt at what would have been a great Easter Egg.
Reason #2: Secret MS memo reveals that VFP has to be stopped!

And, finally....

Reason #1: Because VFP developers needed *something* to moan about in the new release!