[slap]

>> I will go over a few of the items that lead to CFEngine’s excellence, longevity in the market, and current strong position.

CFEngine isn't in a strong position, it has been completely replaced by Chef/Ansible everywhere. It's barely used with some legacy systems.

[7ArcticSealz]

I have also as a consultant not observed it much in the wild in the past 12 years. I've seen a lot more chef/puppet/saltstack and in past 5 years, ansible installations especially in big enterprise companies. I was surprised to hear it is still kicking apparently though

[betaby]

It almost like Python vs Haskell. In theory you can solve the same problem with either. In practice approach would be very different. Same can be said about Ansible vs CFEngine - you can automate infrastructure with either but approach is substantially different.