Sunfreeware

Why is Sun Free Ware so popular?
Hmmm, probably because people have such a hard time getting everthing to compile.
I scratch my head thinking, "Why are people so adamant about Solaris? Are Sparc's really all they're cracked up to be?"
I hear about stability, "from the ground up", blah, blah. If the system is completely propreitary of course it will be reliable.
Good systems, but a real pain in butt. I'm now on my 5 failed mirror of sunfreeware.com.
-AK