My rather cynical observation is that SRAM has been burned rather badly by at least one very famous FD mishap. The very public chain jam that cost Tour de France racer Andy Schleck the race, SRAM FDs are widely talked os as inferior to their competitors. I'm inclined to agree after picking up a collection of SRAM, Campy, Shimano and SunTour FDs to see if I can get a low Q-factor triple working well.
If you cannot make an FD work, well, try something else.
Ben