I don't know if you're aware, but configuration management is not a new concept. CFEngine was started in '93. CFEngine2 which is popular among many sysadmins ca

I don't know if you're aware, but configuration management is not a new concept. CFEngine was started in '93. CFEngine2 which is popular among many sysadmins came out in '98. While configuration management has definitely had some improvements it's not THAT far from what we've been using for decades now.