Because all of the "lets make a new Bukkit" posts are really annoying. If you didn't know, it is hard to find developers willing to put the effort in to make an alternative Bukkit possible- You have no idea how much dedication Wolverness has put into the Bukkit project, very few can replicate the same effort to make just a Bukkit alternative, much less have the time or experience to do so.
xTrollxDudex I very much agree with you here, but do you really think those people still making these threads actually read any other threads first?
No knock on Wolvereness, but you make it sound like he did the whole thing himself. He has the third-most commits to Bukkit behind Dinnerbone and EvilSeph and the sixth-most commits to CraftBukkit behind those two, Amaranth, Feildmaster and Grum.