diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6f18949..de13904 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -130,6 +130,17 @@ that lets you JOIN data!!
Also, now that [Citus DB is Open Source](https://www.citusdata.com/blog/2016/03/24/citus-unforks-goes-open-source) we _know_ that Postgres can _easily_ handle billions of writes per day! +## Operating System? + +A "_traditional_" "**LAMP**" stack includes the **Linux** Operating System +in the _name_.
+The "**PETE**" stack runs on _any_ (_desktop/server_) Operating System
+and can be deployed to any "_cloud_" infrastructure provider.
+ +While we have a _strong_ preference for Unix (e.g. FreeBSD) or +Linux (_e.g. Ubuntu or CentOS_) we know that
+_both_ Phoenix and Postgres run +on almost _any_ environment _including_ Microsoft Windows (_because Erlang!_)

@@ -236,12 +247,12 @@ and _litterally_ changed the industry! ![Steve Jobs introduces iphone](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/194400/22934275/4bc76090-f2c6-11e6-9b90-91226e39ea09.png) -The dominant/incumbent devices maker **Nokia** -(_which had_ [***49% market share in 2007***](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23947212)) -_mocked_ Apple's lack of features, poor battery life and high price. +The dominant/incumbent mobile phone maker **Nokia** had +[***49% market share in 2007***](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23947212) +_mocked_ Apple's lack of features, poor battery life and high price.
By 2013 Nokia had 3% Market Share and was sold off "for parts" to Microsoft while Apple was the [most valuable company](https://www.statista.com/statistics/263264/top-companies-in-the-world-by-market-value/) -on the planet! +in history! > _Many **people still buy** "**feature phones**" (the polite name a device that does not have any @@ -342,12 +353,18 @@ e.g: Douglas Crockford (_the authority on JS_) recently gave a presentation on The **Post JavaScript _Apocalypse_**: https://youtu.be/6Fg3Aj9GzNw
(_in which he describes all the "features" of JS that are "**unnecessary**"..._)
+Or Max Ogden (_a prominent JS developer_) who created +a website dedicated to the "Callback Hell" issue: http://callbackhell.com
+why do we even _need_ to have an _expression_ for that? +why can't ***elegant*** asynchronous control flow +be the **_only_ way** to write code? + The **fact** is: we _only_ use JavaScript because it is the ["***Lingua Franca***"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_franca) that _all_ web browsers "_understand_".
It's _definately_ not because it's a "_better_" language than Python or Lisp; -we write JS out of _necessity_ not by _choice_.
+we write JS out of _necessity_ not _choice_.
With Elm we no longer _need_ to write our Client-side code in JS,