[djsumdog]

Fun fact, the train ticketing systems in India and China using Apache Geode for their backend.

Anyway, back to the point, I agree with you. Indian's population situation is really insane. Last time I was in India was in 1998 and the traffic situation was totally insane. All the red lights had "relax" written on them in English in an attempt to calm drivers down.

You'd think the 2nd most populated country in the world would be able to chose from that pool of talent; find the right people to help solve these major problems plaguing the nation.

But it doesn't work that way. People struggle to get out. My dad had dreams of returning. He visited after retiring and said the water is still unsafe to drink, the air unsafe to breath and a flat in Delhi was over $300k USD. Decades after he left, the situation has only gotten worse.

[afarrell]

Isn't it the case that when you go to university, you don't choose your major but rather it is chosen for you based on your entrance exam score?

[flangloria]

You get to choose, but the people who scored better get to choose first. So depending on the engineering job market situation, your choices are limited by your score.

[spacecop]

What is wrong with Apache Geode?

[petemc_]

How does pointing out a systems use imply something wrong with it?

[chc]

It was randomly pointed out in the context of a discussion that might be summarized as "the problems India has," so it could reasonably be read as a slight on Geode. I don't think it was meant that way, but I had to read it a couple of times to determine that it wasn't.

[djsumdog]

Nothing. The article mentioned Indian and China and trains and I learned from some Geode guys at a talk a while back that both their government use Geode as their ticketing backend store.

I just thought it was a fun fact. I haven't used Geode myself, but it looks fairly well designed.