--On Wednesday, October 05, 2011 7:32 AM -0500 Jim Perrin jperrin@gmail.com wrote:
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html-single/ Migration_Planning_Guide/index.html
4.2 Service Initialization ->
"In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, *init* from the sysvinit package has been replaced with *Upstart*, an event-based init system. This system handles the starting of tasks and services during boot, stopping them during shutdown and supervising them while the system is running. For more information on Upstart itself, refer to the init(8) man page."
For those wanting to get their head around Upstart, start here: