[indiana-discuss] being more friendly in the face of panics

[Richard Elling]

Richard Lowe wrote:
> There is no good reason, ever, to leave the system up when you *know*
> something has gone drastically wrong.

In general, I disagree and I believe you will find a number of safety-critical
systems which do not agree with this philosophy.  AFAIK, OpenSolaris is not
designed for safety-critical systems, but that doesn't mean that bailing out
of a flying airplane is the appropriate response.
  -- richard