[R] off-topic question: Latex and R in industries

[Rolf Turner]

Donald Ingram wrote:
 
> ( Is there a universal vector format I could use ? )

	If there were one, you can be sure that Microsoft would take
	steps to corrupt their implementation of the ``universal''
	format so that material produced by non-Microsoft software
	would be unusable by Microsoft software.

	Microsoft's goal is to create an effective ***monopoly*** for
	themselves.  People being the idiots that they are, Microsoft
	is succeeding admirably.

> My problems - are not R but with general UNIX - PC interoperability

	This terminology is incorrect and misleading.  It is not a
	``PC'' problem --- the PC is the hardware on which any
	software/operating system can run.  UNIX (in the guise of
	Linux) runs on PCs.  The problem is the Micrsoft Windoze
	operating system, which goes out of its way to be
	incompatible with everything else.

				cheers,

					Rolf Turner
					rolf at math.unb.ca