It's very frustrating that none of these tools work well with windows.

astrodust · on Jan 4, 2012

It's very frustrating to work with Windows. The lack of a POSIX compliant shell in the standard distribution is what's holding it back the most.

Mac OS 9 and prior was also super frustrating to work with for similar reasons.

garethr · on Jan 4, 2012

Both Chef and Puppet have made big strides with Windows support recently and people are using them in anger. Might be worth reading the following:

eitland · on Jan 4, 2012

Times are changing. For the better if you ask me ; )