[R] New York Times Article: Data Analysts Captivated by R's Power

[Bill.Venables at csiro.au]

But wait, there's more...  The bit I think deserves a fortunes listing is the SAS jibe:

"I think it addresses a niche market for high-end data analysts that want free, readily available code," said Anne H. Milley, director of technology product marketing at SAS. She adds, "We have customers who build engines for aircraft. I am happy they are not using freeware when I get on a jet."

I love it. 


Bill Venables
http://www.cmis.csiro.au/bill.venables/ 


-----Original Message-----
From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Simon Blomberg
Sent: Thursday, 8 January 2009 10:15 AM
To: Arthur Burke
Cc: r-help at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] New York Times Article: Data Analysts Captivated by R's Power

> "Some people familiar with R describe it as a supercharged version of
>  Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet software..."

Maybe it's my dry Australian humour, but I think this should go into the
fortunes package.

Simon.
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