[lsowen]

Ansible is primarily a "push" model, which is hard with systems which may or may not be online from various locations (eg laptops).

Plus having a cross platform MDM would allow an IT team to manage a fleet of end user devices without having to become experts in each of them. For example, the MDM could have push button "erase this machine", etc

[sekh60]

Very good point on the push model when it comes to devices like laptops.

Not sure how I feel on the second point. Managing Linux at scale, aside from the laptop point is pretty easy. Maybe companies need better help desk employees.

[toomuchtodo]

Better help desk employees quickly move on to better, higher paying roles.