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adds note on exclusion of OS in "PETE" acronym for #37
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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_. <br />
The "**PETE**" stack runs on _any_ (_desktop/server_) Operating System <br />
and can be deployed to any "_cloud_" infrastructure provider. <br />

While we have a _strong_ preference for Unix (e.g. FreeBSD) or
Linux (_e.g. Ubuntu or CentOS_) we know that <br />
_both_ Phoenix and Postgres run
on almost _any_ environment _including_ Microsoft Windows (_because Erlang!_)

<br /> <br />

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![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. <br />
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
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The **Post JavaScript _Apocalypse_**: https://youtu.be/6Fg3Aj9GzNw <br />
(_in which he describes all the "features" of JS that are "**unnecessary**"..._)
<br />
Or Max Ogden (_a prominent JS developer_) who created
a website dedicated to the "Callback Hell" issue: http://callbackhell.com <br />
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_".<br />
It's _definately_ not because it's a "_better_" language than Python or Lisp;
we write JS out of _necessity_ not by _choice_. <br />
we write JS out of _necessity_ not _choice_. <br />


With Elm we no longer _need_ to write our Client-side code in JS,
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