Re: PSPP promotion at professional associations

2011-08-15 Thread Jason Stover
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:19:26AM +0530, Thambu David wrote: > We are looking at SPSS alternatives-some are using R > How long before PSPP can perform equivalent to SPSS 11 or 12?-thats what most > medical fraternity need That depends on what you need. All of SPSS 11 or 12? That will take a very

RE: PSPP promotion at professional associations

2011-08-15 Thread Galderisi, Peter
Might I remind everyone that, unlike IBM's (big money) SPSS, PSPP has been developed free of charge by several individuals who have been extremely generous with their time. If we want a full equivalent of SPSS, then we need to raise enough money to hire enough people to create it. Last time I

Re: PSPP promotion at professional associations

2011-08-15 Thread Rodrigo Rodriguez
And what about a crowdfunding campaign? We could make some web-banners to help donate to the project, and make promotion to donate in conferences, events, etc... Cheers, 2011/8/15 Galderisi, Peter > Might I remind everyone that, unlike IBM's (big money) SPSS, PSPP has been > developed free of c

RE: PSPP promotion at professional associations

2011-08-15 Thread Thambu David
i should clarify-am v grateful to all you thanklessly do this-truly am-no offence meant to any of those mentioned/not mentioned was in need of an answer to a problem-no money for SPSS and looking for an alternative with a user friendly gui R commander is an option-again thanks to some philanthrop

RE: PSPP promotion at professional associations

2011-08-15 Thread Karel Novotny
Has there been any advance in communication with FSF who was going to set up a fundrising system for pspp? Crowd-funding towards specific features seems like a more sustainable model for long term pspp growth than a large campaign. karel On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 17:15 +, Galderisi, Peter wrote:

Re: PSPP promotion at professional associations

2011-08-15 Thread Jason Stover
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 04:00:33PM -0300, Karel Novotny wrote: > Has there been any advance in communication with FSF who was going to > set up a fundrising system for pspp? Crowd-funding towards specific > features seems like a more sustainable model for long term pspp growth > than a large campai

Re: PSPP promotion at professional associations

2011-08-15 Thread Ben Pfaff
Karel Novotny writes: > Has there been any advance in communication with FSF who was going to > set up a fundrising system for pspp? Crowd-funding towards specific > features seems like a more sustainable model for long term pspp growth > than a large campaign. FSF recently announced that they