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...se. But configuration management is _always_ an issue. You are _never_ going to eliminate much of it even in the Linux space. It is a necessary evil that you must do -- and that will vary on the focus of the distro. In fact, not doing configuration management in Linux roll-outs and, essentially, _falsifying_ the savings on Linux with it, is the absolute #1 reason why Linux projects fail. Having a background in defense, I liken this to NASA's COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) adoption in the '90s. After Sojouner (Mars Pathfinder) proved that GNU/VxWorks was a viable platform that cost 1/10th of...