Because there is too less time. I have to spend time on my diploma thesis
and there are tons of interesting FOSS projects to write code for.
I do not have a PC with M$ windows installed. Yes, that's true! Currently I
have two Apple Macs (ppc), running GNU/Linux. If I get a new x86 PC I will run
win2k in a virtual box.
Why isn't there a .swp file?
Answer
Because I want to minimize write cycles to the flash disk. You can reenable it
with :set updatecount 200. This can be added to your vimrc.