[Puppet Users] Re: Stoking a Religious War: Why Did You Go With Puppet Over Other Options?

2009-01-27 Thread Robin Lee Powell
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 05:39:05AM -0800, tomcat wrote: > > Hi, Gang.. > > The Subject: line says it all. My organisation is looking at > selecting a configuration management system. Any comments about > why you chose Puppet over other options would be very helpful to > us. Because after helpin

[Puppet Users] Re: Stoking a Religious War: Why Did You Go With Puppet Over Other Options?

2009-01-27 Thread Michael T. Halligan
My reasoning is pretty simplistic. Because Luke is a businessman who built Puppet with what I believe is the goal of turning it into a sustainable business that solves problems for businesses. All of the other alternatives were built by academics as reasons to write papers that would get t

[Puppet Users] Re: Stoking a Religious War: Why Did You Go With Puppet Over Other Options?

2009-01-27 Thread E M
I swear by Puppet. It's the right tool for the task, designed from the ground up to do what it does best. That plus it is super-flexible, readable, extensible, and has a dope community. That's my un-professional, not-so-well written $.02. On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Larry Ludwig wrote:

[Puppet Users] Re: Stoking a Religious War: Why Did You Go With Puppet Over Other Options?

2009-01-27 Thread Larry Ludwig
On Jan 27, 9:47 am, Evan Hisey wrote: > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Jonathan Share wrote: > > > 2009/1/27 tomcat : > > >> Hi, Gang.. > > >>  The Subject: line says it all. My organisation is looking at > >> selecting a configuration management > >> system. Any comments about why you chose

[Puppet Users] Re: Stoking a Religious War: Why Did You Go With Puppet Over Other Options?

2009-01-27 Thread Evan Hisey
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Jonathan Share wrote: > > 2009/1/27 tomcat : >> >> Hi, Gang.. >> >> The Subject: line says it all. My organisation is looking at >> selecting a configuration management >> system. Any comments about why you chose Puppet over other options >> would be very helpful

[Puppet Users] Re: Stoking a Religious War: Why Did You Go With Puppet Over Other Options?

2009-01-27 Thread Jonathan Share
2009/1/27 tomcat : > > Hi, Gang.. > > The Subject: line says it all. My organisation is looking at > selecting a configuration management > system. Any comments about why you chose Puppet over other options > would be very helpful to us. > My reason was just readability, I was comparing puppet w