Because there's already a significant "bounty" out for any person/team that successfully ports Android to it. Let's face it, a solid Android build on this hardware is going to rock the tablet world @$99.
So if this is done it'll be a no looking back thing....As no way to revert back to WebOS if a person doens't like the Android way?
On another note I just got my shipping confirmation on my 32gb from samsclub order early Sat AM