[bsmith]

As a n00b to init systems, who has recently started using Upstart with Ubuntu in production...should I switch to Systemd? What are the pros/cons over Upstart? Is there anything inherently flawed about the robustness of Upstart?

[mperham]

There's nothing wrong with Upstart and it's pretty easy to use. I've got a little wiki page with some examples here:

https://github.com/mperham/inspeqtor/wiki/Upstart

[riquito]

Since Ubuntu decided to migrate in the future to systemd [1] you may consider it as a good investment

[1] http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1316