off-topic question: Latex and R in industries

Latex and R are really cool stuff. I am just wondering how they are
used in industry. But based on my own experience, very rare. Why?

How about the opinion of other listers? Thanks.

As Tony has referenced, the answer will depend upon what industry you
are referring to.

There is an article in R News (2004 Vol 4 Number 1) that you might find
of interest entitled "The Decision to Use R" from a small medical
consulting business perspective:

http://cran.r-project.org/doc/Rnews/Rnews_2004-1.pdf

There is a persistent rumor of a similar article from a large corporate
medical industry environment that is due "real soon now"...  ;-)

You might also want to search the r-help archives as there have been
some fairly "lively" discussions on this in the recent past, especially
in healthcare applications when a certain other Statistical Analysis
System is referenced as being the perceived standard...

HTH,

Marc

library(fortunes)
fortune("Schwartz")

I use R. My company benefits from it. My clients benefit from it.
...and I sleep just fine (when I do sleep)... :-)
   -- Marc Schwartz, Medanalytics (about the `costs' of free software)
      R-help (June 2004)