With risk of repeating myself and what have already said on this topic I
think Jeff and Jevgeni hits the nail on the head with this one.
I have written my comments on
http://stoffe.deephacks.org/2011/09/09/configuration-management-in-java-ee,
and sorry for not communicating my opinions right here on the mailing list,
it is sometimes easier to express your thoughts using a blog. I hope you
understand.
For those of you who are interested in learning more about Configuration
Management and System Administration in general, I highly recommend reading
the 20 years of thoughtful research by Mark Burgess (author of CfEngine):
http://cfengine.com/markburgess/index.html.
Cheers,
-Kristoffer