I don't think there's an official reason as such - it's just not part of the Swiss variety of German.
(Btw, contrary to what someone else said, the ß is still used in the German and Austrian varieties of German. It's true that since the spelling reform, it's used in fewer places than before, but it hasn't been abolished.)
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I don't think there's an official reason as such - it's just not part of the Swiss variety of German.
(Btw, contrary to what someone else said, the ß is still used in the German and Austrian varieties of German. It's true that since the spelling reform, it's used in fewer places than before, but it hasn't been abolished.)
The ß is not being used in German anymore.
Apparently because it takes to long when typing on a computer to use it.
There was a recent reform about the spelling of German where to everyone's surprise it was decided to retain the double s in some circumstances. http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa092898.ht...
Perhaps the Swiss are natural reformers and are ahead of their time!