If someone can't get over the Ansible startup costs, then they have no business managing a system... I can't speak for Salt (last time I tried to use it was in 2010, and it was atrocious then and I haven't gone back).

That would be an impressive feat, given that the first commit for the project was in February of 2011.

What a bonehead I am. This is what happens when you say to yourself, "that was about 2 years ago" and you base it on 2012. My only excuse is that I was working on a system config & management product and that I'm having a busy day... I upvoted you for correcting my record.