Probably because that feature starts out with -100 points (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericgu/archive/2004/01/12/57985.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericgu/archive/2

Probably because that feature starts out with -100 points (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericgu/archive/2004/01/12/57985.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericgu/archive/2004/01/12/57985.aspx) which sounds like a good way to filter the backlog to me.