> OP, surprised that MS (as with any large company) didn't require you to sign an NDA to not discuss unannounced features during development

Mike Krahulik has been a fan of Surface Pro from the beginning,[1] has been very vocal about what he likes and dislikes, and has a very large audience.[2] It seems likely they were counting on him blogging his experiences as soon as possible after his last Surface Pro post,[3] which had some fairly negative points that made using the new Surface Pro difficult (if not impossible) for him.

[1]: http://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2013/02/22/the-ms-surf...

[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Arcade

[3]: http://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2014/05/23/surface-pro...