Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:16:10 -0800
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Subject: Re: R "Threatens" SAS, According to The New York Times
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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 <sfbay0001@AOL.COM> wrote:
> From: Virtual SUG <sfbay0001@AOL.COM>
> Subject: R "Threatens" SAS, According to The New York Times
> To: SAS-L@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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