Main reasons for me: Client-server model Insufficient online documentation for what seems to be a verbose and somewhat limited configuration language. The XM

Main reasons for me: Client-server model Insufficient online documentation for what seems to be a verbose and somewhat limited configuration language. The XML is a minor turnoff but for me it's more a question of what the language is doing. Eg: <Package name='openssh-client'/> <Package name='openssh-server'/> <Package name='emacs'/> <Package name='curl'/> <Package name='rsync'/> In puppet, you define a list of packages and then install them with one declaration or do any number of other things with that same list.