[R] UNSOLITED E_MAILS: Integrate R data-analysis projects with Microsoft Office for free

[Rory Winston]

Me too. Getting directly spammed like this is really annoying. I dont mind a
general post to the list, but individually spamming each member of the list
is unacceptable. Especially as I have no interest in the stupid product in
question.



Gorden T Jemwa wrote:
> 
> Dear R Admins,
> 
> I received an unsolicited e-mail from BlueInference as an R 
> user. Does it mean that R that our e-mails (and  names) is 
> sharing it's user database with third parties without our 
> consent? Or perhaps the BlueInference guys are using an 
> e-mail address miner to get our contact details?
> 
> 
> 
> [SNIP]
> 
> Dear Gorden Jemwa,
> 
> As a fellow R user, I am sure you agree with me that R is a 
> dear gift from the R-project community that should enjoy 
> broad use.  Towards that end, we’ve built a software 
> solution directed at the very large community of Microsoft 
> Office users, called Inference for Office.  It combines the 
> powerful data-analysis capabilities of R with the familiar 
> and flexible word-processing and data-preparation features 
> of Microsoft Word and Excel.  We are making Inference for 
> Office available for free to R users at educational and 
> non-profit research institutions.  A free trial is available 
> for everyone.
> 
> With Inference for Office, you can assemble all the elements 
> of an R data-analysis project (text, data, R objects, R 
> code) into dynamic documents.  These dynamic documents can 
> then be executed in real-time to create results documents 
> containing all the output and graphics.  If Inference for 
> Office is of no interest to you, please disregard this 
> message and accept our humble apologies for having bothered you.
> 
> If Inference for Office sounds like it might useful, you can 
> obtain additional information by visiting our website and 
> viewing a two-minute screencast overview of Inference for 
> Office:
> 
> http://www.inference.us
> 
> While you're there, you can also download a free trial of 
> Inference for Office
> 
> To your success,
> 
>   --Ben
> 
> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
> . . . . .
> Ben Hinchliffe
> Inference Evangelist
> BlueReference, Inc.
> ben.hinchliffe at bluereference.com
> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
> . . . . .
> website:  www.inference.us
> 
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