R in the NY Times
I believe the SAS person shot themselves in the foot more in more ways than one. In my mind, the reason you would pay, as Frank said, for
non-peer-reviewed software with hidden implementations of analytic methods that cannot be reproduced by others
Would be so that you can sue them later when a software problem in the designing of the engine makes your plane fall out of the sky! Bryan ************* Bryan Hanson Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry DePauw University, Greencastle IN USA
?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.?
Thanks for posting. Does anyone else find the statement by SAS to be humourous yet arrogant and short-sighted? Kevin