[R] R "Threatens" SAS According to The NYT

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "ao" == ajay ohri <ajayohri at yahoo.com>
>>>>>     on Wed, 7 Jan 2009 11:07:13 +0530 writes:

    ao>  On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:05 AM, ajay ohri
    ao> <ajayohri at yahoo.com> wrote:
    >> 
    >> FYI..not a R -Help Topic, buy I dont know which list to
    >> post discussions like this.  Regards, Ajay

R-help is fine.

Thanks a lot, Ajay, for the pointer!

At the bottom of the page it says

 __  A version of this article appeared in print on January 7, 2009, 
 __  on page B6 of the New York edition.

Now if any the NYT (print version) subscribers on R-help are
willing to fulfill a New Year's wish for me,
I'd be very grateful for a (digital scan) copy of that page.

Martin Maechler,
ETH Zurich


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    >> 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