On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:05 AM, ajay ohri <ajayo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > FYI..not a R -Help Topic, buy I dont know which list to post discussions like > this. > Regards, > Ajay > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: ajay ohri <ajayo...@yahoo.com> > Date: Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 10:46 AM > Subject: Re: R "Threatens" SAS, According to The New York Times > To: sa...@listserv.uga.edu > > > For people who have also wanted to try R , there is new version of R GUI , > called Rattle downloadable from www.togaware.com > > Also check out Interview of Roger Hadaad , Founder of KXEN on his views on > analytics at www.decisionstats.com as well as how SPSS is responding to R at > http://www.decisionstats.com/2008/11/review-r-for-sas-and-spss-users/ > > Ajay > > > > --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Virtual SUG <sfbay0...@aol.com> wrote: > > From: Virtual SUG <sfbay0...@aol.com> > Subject: R "Threatens" SAS, According to The New York Times > To: sa...@listserv.uga.edu > Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 10:11 AM > Hello everyone... > > Thought you might be interested in reading this article, > which appears > in the 1/6/9 online edition of The New York Times: > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/business-computing/07program.html > > The headline is "Data Analysts Captivated by R's > Power," and towards > the end of the story is the following paragraph: > > "While it is difficult to calculate exactly how many > people use R, > those most familiar with the software estimate that close > to 250,000 > people work with it regularly. The popularity of R at > universities > could threaten SAS Institute, the privately held business > software > company that specializes in data analysis software. SAS, > with more > than $2 billion in annual revenue, has been the preferred > tool of > scholars and corporate managers. " > > Andrew Karp > Sierra Information Services > www.SierraInfomation.com >
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