SLES10 and AutoYaST

I've been learning and tinkering with SuSE's AutoYaST utility lately, trying to devise a semi-hands off installation for our branch roll out next year. The problems I've been having are related to the inclusion of Novell's Open Enterprise Server 2 in the install. The solution seems to be dependent on scripting, whether Perl or shell, I'm not sure yet. I'll have to try both the determine which is better suited for this application. AutoYaST is well thought out, very robust and powerful. It's very easy to setup, if you want basic features, and XML is a no brainer. It's fun. I enjoy scripting. Scripting takes me back to the days of writing BATCH files in DOS.
Well, back to it...