MSSql server..why difficult to configure?

MSsql server is more than little hard in configuring. Previously i did many hours of study to make that server work in the network, i mean i could n't run the server in the port listening mode. Finally upgrading to SQLServer2k SP3 helps and now i don't have any problem in accessing the database from asp.net across the network. However I don't like MSSql server, first of all it is hard to configure, finding solutions to problems is not an easy task, it has lots of dependencies scattered around the hard disk. Hail mysql and firebird.