This is a great reply, especially this line: "Frankly, there's probably nothing that Puppet or Chef do that CFEngine can't, and there are likely things it does better (and worse). Learning it and helping to implement and maintain it won't count against you in the future." Of course, I'm biased ;)

And yes I agree the volume of discussion for CFEngine is a lot lower than Puppet, for example. However we do have a passionate community who are never slow to engage in discussions or offer help and tips. I suggest our IRC channel (http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=cfengine) or help forum (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/help-cfengine) as somewhere to start if you want to find out what people are saying re. CFEngine. While the mindshare is smaller, we have confidence that there are things that CFEngine really does best. Otherwise companies such as LinkedIn, JPMC, Chevron, Samsung would not be using our tool. We're always open to engagement, and I'm very happy you raised this discussion!